Signaling of in-loop reshaping information using parameter sets

ABSTRACT

A method for video processing includes performing a conversion between a current video block of a video region of a video and a coded representation of the video. The conversion uses a coding mode in which the current video block is constructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner. A parameter set in the coded representation comprises parameter information for the coding mode.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.17/331,132 filed on May 26, 2021, which is a continuation ofInternational Patent Application No. PCT/CN2020/074139 filed on Feb. 1,2020, which claims the priority to and benefits of International PatentApplication No. PCT/CN2019/074437 filed on Feb. 1, 2019. All theaforementioned patent applications are hereby incorporated by referencein their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This disclosure relates to video processing techniques, devices, andsystems.

BACKGROUND

In spite of the advances in video compression, digital video stillaccounts for the largest bandwidth use on the internet and other digitalcommunication networks. As the number of connected user devices capableof receiving and displaying video increases, it is expected that thebandwidth demand for digital video usage will continue to grow.

SUMMARY

Devices, systems and methods related to digital video processing, andspecifically, to in-loop reshaping (ILR) for video processing aredescribed. The described methods may be applied to both the existingvideo processing standards (e.g., High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC))and future video processing standards or video processors includingvideo codecs.

In one representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be used toprovide a method for video processing. This method includes performing,for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, a motion information refinement processbased on samples in a first domain or a second domain; and performingthe conversion based on a result of the motion information refinementprocess, wherein, during the conversion, the samples are obtained forthe current video block from a first prediction block in the firstdomain using an unrefined motion information, at least a secondprediction block is generated in the second domain using a refinedmotion information used for determining a reconstruction block, andreconstructed samples of the current video block are generated based onthe at least the second prediction block.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a current video block of a video and acoded representation of the video, wherein, during the conversion, thecurrent video block is constructed based on a first domain and a seconddomain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner,wherein a coding tool is applied during the conversion using parametersthat are derived at least based on first set of samples in a videoregion of the video and second set of samples in a reference picture ofthe current video block, and wherein a domain for the first samples anda domain for the second samples are aligned.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesdetermining, for a current video block of a current video region of avideo, a parameter for a coding mode of the current video block based onone or more parameters for a coding mode of a previous video region; andperforming a coding for the current video block to generate a codedrepresentation of the video based on the determining, and wherein theparameter for the coding mode is included in a parameter set in thecoded representation of the video, and wherein the performing of thecoding comprises transforming a representation of the current videoblock in a first domain to a representation of the current video blockin a second domain, and wherein, during the performing of the codingusing the coding mode, the current video block is constructed based onthe first domain and the second domain and/or chroma residue is scaledin a luma-dependent manner.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includes receivinga coded representation of a video including a parameter set includingparameter information for a coding mode; and performing a decoding ofthe coded representation by using the parameter information to generatea current video block of a current video region of the video from thecoded representation, and wherein the parameter information for thecoding mode is based on one or more parameters for the coding mode of aprevious video region, wherein, in the coding mode, the current videoblock is constructed based on the first domain and the second domainand/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a current video block of a video and acoded representation of the video, and wherein the conversion includesapplying a filtering operation to a prediction block in a first domainor in a second domain different from the first domain.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a current video block of a video and acoded representation of the video, wherein, during the conversion, afinal reconstruction block is determined for the current video block,and wherein the temporary reconstruction block is generated using aprediction method and represented in the second domain.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a current video block of a video regionof a video and a coded representation of the video, wherein theconversion uses a coding mode in which the current video block isconstructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and wherein a parameterset in the coded representation comprises parameter information for thecoding mode

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a current video block of a video that isa chroma block and a coded representation of the video, wherein, duringthe conversion, the current video block is constructed based on a firstdomain and a second domain, and wherein the conversion further includesapplying a forward reshaping process and/or an inverse reshaping processto one or more chroma components of the current video block.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a current video chroma block of a videoand a coded representation of the video, wherein the performing of theconversion includes: determining whether luma-dependent chroma residuescaling (LCRS) is enabled or disabled based on a rule, andreconstructing the current video chroma block based on thedetermination.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesdetermining, for a conversion between a current video block of a videoand a coded representation of the video, whether to disable using of acoding mode based on one or more coefficient values of the current videoblock; and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein,during the conversion using the coding mode, the current video block isconstructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includes dividing,for a conversion between a current video block of a video that exceeds avirtual pipeline data unit (VPDU) of the video, the current video blockinto regions; and performing the conversion by applying a coding modeseparately to each region, wherein, during the conversion by applyingthe coding mode, the current video block is constructed based on a firstdomain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in aluma-dependent manner

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesdetermining, for a conversion between a current video block of a videoand a coded representation of the video, whether to disable using of acoding mode based on a size or a color format of the current videoblock; and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein,during the conversion using the coding mode, the current video block isconstructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a current video block of a video and acoded representation of the video, wherein the conversion uses a codingmode in which the current video block is constructed based on a firstdomain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in aluma-dependent manner, and wherein at least one syntax element in thecoded representation provides an indication of a usage of the codingmode and an indication of a reshaper model.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesdetermining that a coding mode is disabled for a conversion between acurrent video block of a video and a coded representation of the video;and conditionally skipping a forward reshaping and/or inverse reshapingbased on the determining, wherein, in the coding mode, the current videoblock is constructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/orchroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a current video block of a video regionof a video and a coded representation of the video, wherein theconversion uses a coding mode in which the current video block isconstructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and wherein multipleforward reshaping and/or multiple inverse reshaping are applied in thereshaping mode for the video region.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includes making adetermination that a coding mode is enabled for a conversion between acurrent video block of a video and a coded representation of the video;and performing the conversion using a palette mode wherein at least apalette of representative sample values is used for the current videoblock, and wherein, in the coding mode, the current video block isconstructed based on samples in a first domain and a second domainand/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includes making adetermination, for a conversion between a current video block of a videoand a coded representation of the video, that the current video block iscoded in a palette mode in which at least a palette of representativesample values is used for coding the current video block; andperforming, due to the determination, the conversion by disabling acoding mode, wherein, when the coding mode is applied to a video block,the video block is constructed based on chroma residue that is scaled ina luma-dependent manner.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a first video block of a video and acoded representation of the video, wherein the conversion uses a firstcoding mode and a palette coding mode in which at least a palette ofrepresentative pixel values is used for coding the current video block;and performing a conversion between a second video block of the videothat is coded without using the palette coding mode and a codedrepresentation of the video, and wherein the conversion of the secondvideo block uses the first coding mode, wherein when the first codingmode is applied to a video block, the video block is constructed basedon a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled ina luma-dependent manner, and wherein the first coding mode is applied indifferent manners to the first video block and second video block.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includes making adetermination that a coding mode is enabled for a conversion between acurrent video block of a video and a coded representation of the video,and performing the conversion using an intra block copy mode whichgenerates a prediction block using at least a block vector pointing to apicture that includes the current video block, and wherein, in thecoding mode, the current video block is constructed based on samples ina first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in aluma-dependent manner.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includes making adetermination, for a conversion between a current video block of a videoand a coded representation of the video, that the current video block iscoded in an intra block copy (IBC) mode that generates a predictionblock using at least a block vector pointing to a video frame containingthe current video block for coding the current video block; andperforming, due to the determination, the conversion by disabling acoding mode, wherein when the coding mode is applied to a video block,the video block is constructed based on a first domain and a seconddomain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a first video block of a video and acoded representation of the video, wherein the conversion uses an intrablock copy mode that generates a prediction block using at least a blockvector pointing to a video frame containing the current video block anda first coding mode; and performing a conversion between a second videoblock of the video that is coded without using the intra block copy modeand a coded representation of the video, wherein the conversion of thesecond video block uses the first coding mode, wherein when the firstcoding mode is applied to a video block, the video block is constructedbased on a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue isscaled in a luma-dependent manner, and wherein the first coding mode isapplied in different manners to the first video block and to the secondvideo block.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includes making adetermination that a coding mode is enabled for a conversion between acurrent video block of a video and a coded representation of the video;and performing the conversion using a block-based delta pulse codemodulation (BDPCM) mode, wherein, in the coding mode, the current videoblock is constructed based on samples in a first domain and a seconddomain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includes making adetermination, for a conversion between a current video block of a videoand a coded representation of the video, that the current video block iscoded using a block-based delta pulse code modulation (BDPCM) mode; andperforming, due to the determination, the conversion by disabling acoding mode, wherein when the coding mode is applied to a video block,the video block is constructed based on a first domain and a seconddomain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a first video block of a video and acoded representation of the video, wherein the conversion of the firstvideo block uses a first coding mode and a block-based delta pulse codemodulation (BDPCM) mode; and performing a conversion between a secondvideo block of the video and a coded presentation of the video, whereinthe second video block is coded without using the BDPCM mode and theconversion of the second video block uses the first coding mode, whereinwhen the first coding mode is applied to a video block, the video blockis constructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and wherein the firstcoding mode is applied in different manners to the first video block andthe second video block.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includes making adetermination that a coding mode is enabled for a conversion between acurrent video block of a video and a coded representation of the video;and performing the conversion using a transform skip mode in which atransform on a prediction residual is skipped in coding the currentvideo block, wherein, in the coding mode, the current video block isconstructed based on samples in a first domain and a second domainand/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includes making adetermination, for a conversion between a current video block of a videoand a coded representation of the video, that the current video block iscoded in a transform skip mode in which a transform on a predictionresidual is skipped in coding the current video block; and performing,due to the determination, the conversion by disabling a coding mode,wherein when the coding mode is applied to a video block, the videoblock is constructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/orchroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a first video block of a video and acoded representation of the video, wherein the conversion of the firstvideo block uses a first coding mode and a transform skip mode in whicha transform on a prediction residual is skipped in coding the currentvideo block; and performing a conversion between a second video block ofthe video and a coded representation of the video, wherein the secondvideo block is coded without using the transform skip mode and theconversion of the second video block uses the first coding mode, whereinwhen the first coding mode is applied to a video block, the video blockis constructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and wherein the firstcoding mode is applied in different manners to the first video block andthe second video block.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includes making adetermination that a coding mode is enabled for a conversion between acurrent video block of a video and a coded representation of the video;and performing the conversion using an intra pulse code modulation modein which the current video block is coded without applying a transformand a transform-domain quantization, wherein, in the coding mode, thecurrent video block is constructed based on samples in a first domainand a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includes making adetermination, for a conversion between a current video block of a videoand a coded representation of the video, that the current video block iscoded in an intra pulse code modulation mode in which the current videoblock is coded without applying a transform and a transform-domainquantization; and performing, due to the determination, the conversionby disabling a coding mode, wherein when the coding mode is applied to avideo block, the video block is constructed based on a first domain anda second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a first video block of a video and acoded representation of the video, wherein the conversion of the firstvideo block uses a first coding mode and an intra pulse code modulationmode in which the current video block is coded without applying atransform and a transform-domain quantization; and performing aconversion between a second video block of the video and a codedpresentation of the video, wherein the second video block is codedwithout using the intra pulse code modulation mode and the conversion ofthe second video block uses the first coding mode, wherein when thefirst coding mode is applied to a video block, the video block isconstructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and wherein the firstcoding mode is applied in different manners to the first video block andthe second video block.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includes making adetermination that a coding mode is enabled for a conversion between acurrent video block of a video and a coded representation of the video;and performing the conversion using a modified transquant-bypass mode inwhich the current video block is losslessly coded without a transformand a quantization, wherein, in the coding mode, the current video blockis constructed based on samples in a first domain and a second domainand/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includes making adetermination, for a conversion between a current video block of a videoand a coded representation of the video, that the current video block iscoded in a transquant-bypass mode in which the current video block islosslessly coded without a transform and a quantization; and performing,due to the determination, the conversion by disabling a coding mode,wherein when the coding mode is applied to a video block, the videoblock is constructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/orchroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a first video block of a video and acoded representation of the video, wherein the conversion of the firstvideo block uses a first coding mode and a transquant-bypass mode inwhich the current video block is losslessly coded without a transformand a quantization; and performing a conversion between a second videoblock of the video and a coded presentation of the video, wherein thesecond video block is coded without using the transquant-bypass mode andthe conversion of the second video block uses the first coding mode,wherein when the first coding mode is applied to a video block, thevideo block is constructed based on a first domain and a second domainand/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and whereinthe first coding mode is applied in different manners to the first videoblock and the second video block.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a current video block of a video and acoded representation of the video, wherein the conversion uses a codingmode in which the current video block is constructed based on a firstdomain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in aluma-dependent manner, and wherein information used for the coding modeis signaled in a parameter set that is different from a sequenceparameter set (SPS), a video parameter set (VPS), a picture parameterset (PPS), or an adaptation parameter set (APS) used for carryingadaptive loop filtering (ALF) parameters.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a current video block of a video and acoded representation of the video, wherein the conversion uses a codingmode in which the current video block is constructed based on a firstdomain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in aluma-dependent manner, and wherein information used for the coding modeis signaled in an adaptation parameter set (APS) together with adaptiveloop filtering (ALF) information, wherein the information used for thecoding mode and the ALF information are included in one networkabstraction layer (NAL) unit.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed technology may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a current video block of a video regionof a video and a coded representation of the video, wherein theconversion uses a coding mode in which the current video block isconstructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and wherein informationused for the coding mode is signaled in a first type of adaptationparameter set (APS) that is different from a second type of APS used forsignaling adaptive loop filtering (ALF) information.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a current video block of a video regionof a video and a coded representation of the video, wherein theconversion uses a coding mode in which the current video block isconstructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and wherein the videoregion is disallowed to refer to an adaptation parameter set or anparameter set that is signaled before a specified type of data structureused for processing the video, and wherein the specified type of thedata structure is signaled before the video region.

In another representative aspect, the disclosed disclosure may be usedto provide a method for video processing. This method includesperforming a conversion between a current video block of a video and acoded representation of the video, wherein the conversion uses a codingmode in which the current video block is constructed based on a firstdomain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in aluma-dependent manner, and wherein a syntax element of a parameter setincluding parameters used for processing the video has predefined valuesin a conformance bitstream.

In another representative aspect, the above-described method is embodiedin the form of processor-executable code and stored in acomputer-readable program medium.

In another representative aspect, a device that is configured oroperable to perform the above-described method is disclosed. The devicemay include a processor that is programmed to implement this method.

In another representative aspect, a video decoder apparatus mayimplement a method as described herein.

The above and other aspects and features of the disclosed embodimentsare described in greater detail in the drawings, the description and theclaims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows an example of constructing a merge candidate list.

FIG. 2 shows an example of positions of spatial candidates.

FIG. 3 shows an example of candidate pairs subject to a redundancy checkof spatial merge candidates.

FIGS. 4A and 4B show examples of the position of a second predictionunit (PU) based on the size and shape of the current block.

FIG. 5 shows an example of motion vector scaling for temporal mergecandidates.

FIG. 6 shows an example of candidate positions for temporal mergecandidates.

FIG. 7 shows an example of generating a combined bi-predictive mergecandidate.

FIG. 8 shows an example of constructing motion vector predictioncandidates.

FIG. 9 shows an example of motion vector scaling for spatial motionvector candidates.

FIG. 10 shows an example of motion prediction using the alternativetemporal motion vector prediction (ATMVP) algorithm for a coding unit(CU).

FIG. 11 shows an example of a coding unit (CU) with sub-blocks andneighboring blocks used by the spatial-temporal motion vector prediction(STMVP) algorithm.

FIG. 12 shows an example of neighboring samples for derivingillumination compensation (IC) parameters.

FIGS. 13A and 13B show examples of the simplified 4-parameter affinemodel and the simplified 6-parameter affine model, respectively.

FIG. 14 shows an example of an affine motion vector field (MVF) persub-block.

FIGS. 15A and 15B show examples of the 4-parameter and 6-parameteraffine models, respectively.

FIG. 16 shows an example of motion vector prediction for AF_INTER forinherited affine candidates.

FIG. 17 shows an example of motion vector prediction for AF_INTER forconstructed affine candidates.

FIGS. 18A and 18B show example candidate blocks and a control pointmotion vector (CPMV) predictor derivation, respectively, for theAF_MERGE mode.

FIG. 19 shows an example of candidate positions for affine merge mode.

FIG. 20 shows an example of an Ultimate Motion Vector Expression (UMVE)search process.

FIG. 21 shows an example of an UMVE search point.

FIG. 22 shows an example of decoder side motion vector refinement (DMVR)based on bilateral template matching.

FIG. 23 shows an exemplary flowchart of a decoding flow with reshaping.

FIG. 24 shows an example of neighboring samples utilized in a bilateralfilter.

FIG. 25 shows an example of windows covering two samples utilized inweight calculations.

FIG. 26 shows an example of a scan pattern.

FIG. 27 shows an example of an inter-mode decoding process.

FIG. 28 shows another example of an inter-mode decoding process.

FIG. 29 shows an example of an inter-mode decoding process withpost-reconstruction filters.

FIG. 30 shows another example of an inter-mode decoding process withpost-reconstruction filters.

FIGS. 31A and 31B show flowcharts of example methods for videoprocessing.

FIGS. 32A to 32D show flowcharts of example methods for videoprocessing.

FIG. 33 shows a flowchart of an example method for video processing.

FIGS. 34A and 34B show flowcharts of example methods for videoprocessing.

FIGS. 35A to 35F show flowcharts of example methods for videoprocessing.

FIGS. 36A to 36C show flowcharts of example methods for videoprocessing.

FIGS. 37A to 37C show flowcharts of example methods for videoprocessing.

FIGS. 38A to 38L show flowcharts of example methods for videoprocessing.

FIGS. 39A to 39E show flowcharts of example methods for videoprocessing.

FIGS. 40A and 40B show examples of hardware platforms for implementing avisual media decoding or a visual media encoding technique described inthe present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Due to the increasing demand of higher resolution video, videoprocessing methods and techniques are ubiquitous in modern technology.Video codecs typically include an electronic circuit or software thatcompresses or decompresses digital video, and are continually beingimproved to provide higher coding efficiency. A video codec convertsuncompressed video to a compressed format or vice versa. There arecomplex relationships between the video quality, the amount of data usedto represent the video (determined by the bit rate), the complexity ofthe encoding and decoding algorithms, sensitivity to data losses anderrors, ease of editing, random access, and end-to-end delay (latency).The compressed format usually conforms to a standard video compressionspecification, e.g., the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard(also known as H.265 or Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)-H Part 2),the Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard to be finalized, or othercurrent and/or future video coding standards.

Embodiments of the disclosed disclosure may be applied to existing videocoding standards (e.g., HEVC, H.265) and future standards to improvecompression performance. Section headings are used in the presentdisclosure to improve readability of the description and do not in anyway limit the discussion or the embodiments (and/or implementations) tothe respective sections only.

1 Examples of Inter-Prediction in HEVC/H.265

Video coding standards have significantly improved over the years, andnow provide, in part, high coding efficiency and support for higherresolutions. Recent standards such as HEVC and H.265 are based on thehybrid video coding structure wherein temporal prediction plus transformcoding are utilized.

1.1 Examples of Prediction Modes

Each inter-predicted PU (prediction unit) has motion parameters for oneor two reference picture lists. In some embodiments, motion parametersinclude a motion vector and a reference picture index. In otherembodiments, the usage of one of the two reference picture lists mayalso be signaled using inter_pred_idc. In yet other embodiments, motionvectors may be explicitly coded as deltas relative to predictors.

When a CU is coded with skip mode, one PU is associated with the CU, andthere are no significant residual coefficients, no coded motion vectordelta or reference picture index. A merge mode is specified whereby themotion parameters for the current PU are obtained from neighboring PUs,including spatial and temporal candidates. The merge mode can be appliedto any inter-predicted PU, not only for skip mode. The alternative tomerge mode is the explicit transmission of motion parameters, wheremotion vectors (to be more precise, motion vector differences (MVD)compared to a motion vector predictor), corresponding reference pictureindex for each reference picture list and reference picture list usageare signaled explicitly per each PU. This type of mode is named advancedmotion vector prediction (AMVP) in this disclosure.

When signaling indicates that one of the two reference picture lists isto be used, the PU is produced from one block of samples. This isreferred to as ‘uni-prediction’. Uni-prediction is available both forP-slices and B-slices.

When signaling indicates that both of the reference picture lists are tobe used, the PU is produced from two blocks of samples. This is referredto as ‘bi-prediction’. Bi-prediction is available for B-slices only.

Reference Picture List

In HEVC, the term inter prediction is used to denote prediction derivedfrom data elements (e.g., sample values or motion vectors) of referencepictures other than the current decoded picture. Like in H.264/AdvancedVideo Coding (AVC), a picture can be predicted from multiple referencepictures. The reference pictures that are used for inter prediction areorganized in one or more reference picture lists. The reference indexidentifies which of the reference pictures in the list should be usedfor creating the prediction signal.

A single reference picture list, List 0, is used for a P slice and tworeference picture lists, List 0 and List 1 are used for B slices. Itshould be noted reference pictures included in List 0/1 could be frompast and future pictures in terms of capturing/display order.

1.1.1 Embodiments of Constructing Candidates for Merge Mode

When a PU is predicted using merge mode, an index pointing to an entryin the merge candidates list is parsed from the bitstream and used toretrieve the motion information. The construction of this list can besummarized according to the following sequence of steps:

Step 1: Initial candidates derivation

Step 1.1: Spatial candidates derivation

Step 1.2: Redundancy check for spatial candidates

Step 1.3: Temporal candidates derivation

Step 2: Additional candidates insertion

Step 2.1: Creation of bi-predictive candidates

Step 2.2: Insertion of zero motion candidates

FIG. 1 shows an example of constructing a merge candidate list based onthe sequence of steps summarized above. For spatial merge candidatederivation, a maximum of four merge candidates are selected amongcandidates that are located in five different positions. For temporalmerge candidate derivation, a maximum of one merge candidate is selectedamong two candidates. Since constant number of candidates for each PU isassumed at decoder, additional candidates are generated when the numberof candidates does not reach to maximum number of merge candidate(MaxNumMergeCand) which is signaled in slice header. Since the number ofcandidates is constant, index of best merge candidate is encoded usingtruncated unary binarization (TU). If the size of CU is equal to 8, allthe PUs of the current CU share a single merge candidate list, which isidentical to the merge candidate list of the 2N×2N prediction unit.

1.1.2 Constructing Spatial Merge Candidates

In the derivation of spatial merge candidates, a maximum of four mergecandidates are selected among candidates located in the positionsdepicted in FIG. 2 . The order of derivation is A₁, B₁, B₀, A₀ and B₂.Position B₂ is considered only when any PU of position A₁, B₁, B₀, A₀ isnot available (e.g. because it belongs to another slice or tile) or isintra coded. After candidate at position A₁ is added, the addition ofthe remaining candidates is subject to a redundancy check which ensuresthat candidates with same motion information are excluded from the listso that coding efficiency is improved.

To reduce computational complexity, not all possible candidate pairs areconsidered in the mentioned redundancy check. Instead only the pairslinked with an arrow in FIG. 3 are considered and a candidate is onlyadded to the list if the corresponding candidate used for redundancycheck has not the same motion information. Another source of duplicatemotion information is the “secondPU” associated with partitionsdifferent from 2N×2N. As an example, FIGS. 4A and 4B depict the secondPU for the case of N×2N and 2N×N, respectively. When the current PU ispartitioned as N×2N, candidate at position A₁ is not considered for listconstruction. In some embodiments, adding this candidate may lead to twoprediction units having the same motion information, which is redundantto just have one PU in a coding unit. Similarly, position Bi is notconsidered when the current PU is partitioned as 2N×N.

1.1.3 Constructing Temporal Merge Candidates

In this step, only one candidate is added to the list. Particularly, inthe derivation of this temporal merge candidate, a scaled motion vectoris derived based on co-located PU belonging to the picture which has thesmallest picture order count (POC) difference with current picturewithin the given reference picture list. The reference picture list tobe used for derivation of the co-located PU is explicitly signaled inthe slice header.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the derivation of the scaled motion vectorfor a temporal merge candidate (as the dotted line), which is scaledfrom the motion vector of the co-located PU using the POC distances, tband td, where tb is defined to be the POC difference between thereference picture of the current picture and the current picture and tdis defined to be the POC difference between the reference picture of theco-located picture and the co-located picture. The reference pictureindex of temporal merge candidate is set equal to zero. For a B-slice,two motion vectors, one is for reference picture list 0 and the other isfor reference picture list 1, are obtained and combined to make thebi-predictive merge candidate.

In the co-located PU (Y) belonging to the reference frame, the positionfor the temporal candidate is selected between candidates C₀ and C₁, asdepicted in FIG. 6 . If PU at position C₀ is not available, is intracoded, or is outside of the current CTU, position C₁ is used. Otherwise,position C₀ is used in the derivation of the temporal merge candidate.

1.1.4 Constructing Additional Types of Merge Candidates

Besides spatio-temporal merge candidates, there are two additional typesof merge candidates: combined bi-predictive merge candidate and zeromerge candidate. Combined bi-predictive merge candidates are generatedby utilizing spatio-temporal merge candidates. Combined bi-predictivemerge candidate is used for B-Slice only. The combined bi-predictivecandidates are generated by combining the first reference picture listmotion parameters of an initial candidate with the second referencepicture list motion parameters of another. If these two tuples providedifferent motion hypotheses, they will form a new bi-predictivecandidate.

FIG. 7 shows an example of this process, wherein two candidates in theoriginal list (710, on the left), which have mvL0 and refIdxL0 or mvL1and refIdxL1, are used to create a combined bi-predictive mergecandidate added to the final list (720, on the right). There arenumerous rules regarding the combinations that are considered togenerate these additional merge candidates.

Zero motion candidates are inserted to fill the remaining entries in themerge candidates list and therefore hit the MaxNumMergeCand capacity.These candidates have zero spatial displacement and a reference pictureindex which starts from zero and increases every time a new zero motioncandidate is added to the list. The number of reference frames used bythese candidates is one and two for uni- and bi-directional prediction,respectively. In some embodiments, no redundancy check is performed onthese candidates.

1.2 Embodiments of Advanced Motion Vector Prediction (AMVP)

AMVP exploits spatio-temporal correlation of motion vector withneighboring PUs, which is used for explicit transmission of motionparameters. It constructs a motion vector candidate list by firstlychecking availability of left, above temporally neighboring PUpositions, removing redundant candidates and adding zero vector to makethe candidate list to be constant length. Then, the encoder can selectthe best predictor from the candidate list and transmit thecorresponding index indicating the chosen candidate. Similarly, withmerge index signaling, the index of the best motion vector candidate isencoded using truncated unary. The maximum value to be encoded in thiscase is 2 (see FIG. 8 ). In the following sections, details aboutderivation process of motion vector prediction candidate are provided.

1.2.1 Examples of Deriving AMVP Candidates

FIG. 8 summarizes derivation process for motion vector predictioncandidate, and may be implemented for each reference picture list withrefidx as an input.

In motion vector prediction, two types of motion vector candidates areconsidered: spatial motion vector candidate and temporal motion vectorcandidate. For spatial motion vector candidate derivation, two motionvector candidates are eventually derived based on motion vectors of eachPU located in five different positions as previously shown in FIG. 2 .

For temporal motion vector candidate derivation, one motion vectorcandidate is selected from two candidates, which are derived based ontwo different co-located positions. After the first list ofspatio-temporal candidates is made, duplicated motion vector candidatesin the list are removed. If the number of potential candidates is largerthan two, motion vector candidates whose reference picture index withinthe associated reference picture list is larger than 1 are removed fromthe list. If the number of spatio-temporal motion vector candidates issmaller than two, additional zero motion vector candidates is added tothe list.

1.2.2 Constructing Spatial Motion Vector Candidates

In the derivation of spatial motion vector candidates, a maximum of twocandidates are considered among five potential candidates, which arederived from PUs located in positions as previously shown in FIG. 2 ,those positions being the same as those of motion merge. The order ofderivation for the left side of the current PU is defined as A₀, A₁, andscaled A₀, scaled A₁. The order of derivation for the above side of thecurrent PU is defined as B₀, B₁, B₂, scaled B₀, scaled B₁, scaled B₂.For each side there are therefore four cases that can be used as motionvector candidate, with two cases not required to use spatial scaling,and two cases where spatial scaling is used. The four different casesare summarized as follows:

-   -   No spatial scaling        -   (1) Same reference picture list, and same reference picture            index (same POC)        -   (2) Different reference picture list, but same reference            picture (same POC)    -   Spatial scaling        -   (3) Same reference picture list, but different reference            picture (different POC)        -   (4) Different reference picture list, and different            reference picture (different POC)

The no-spatial-scaling cases are checked first followed by the casesthat allow spatial scaling. Spatial scaling is considered when the POCis different between the reference picture of the neighboring PU andthat of the current PU regardless of reference picture list. If all PUsof left candidates are not available or are intra coded, scaling for theabove motion vector is allowed to help parallel derivation of left andabove motion vector (MV) candidates. Otherwise, spatial scaling is notallowed for the above motion vector.

As shown in the example in FIG. 9 , for the spatial scaling case, themotion vector of the neighboring PU is scaled in a similar manner as fortemporal scaling. One difference is that the reference picture list andindex of current PU is given as input; the actual scaling process is thesame as that of temporal scaling.

1.2.3 Constructing Temporal Motion Vector Candidates

Apart from the reference picture index derivation, all processes for thederivation of temporal merge candidates are the same as for thederivation of spatial motion vector candidates (as shown in the examplein FIG. 6 ). In some embodiments, the reference picture index issignaled to the decoder.

2. Example of Inter Prediction Methods in Joint Exploration Model (JEM)

In some embodiments, future video coding technologies are explored usinga reference software known as the Joint Exploration Model (JEM). In JEM,sub-block based prediction is adopted in several coding tools, such asaffine prediction, alternative temporal motion vector prediction(ATMVP), spatial-temporal motion vector prediction (STMVP),bi-directional optical flow (BIO), Frame-Rate Up Conversion (FRUC),Locally Adaptive Motion Vector Resolution (LAMVR), Overlapped BlockMotion Compensation (OBMC), Local Illumination Compensation (LIC), andDecoder-side Motion Vector Refinement (DMVR).

2.1 Examples of Sub-CU Based Motion Vector Prediction

In the JEM with quadtrees plus binary trees (QTBT), each CU can have atmost one set of motion parameters for each prediction direction. In someembodiments, two sub-CU level motion vector prediction methods areconsidered in the encoder by splitting a large CU into sub-CUs andderiving motion information for all the sub-CUs of the large CU.Alternative temporal motion vector prediction (ATMVP) method allows eachCU to fetch multiple sets of motion information from multiple blockssmaller than the current CU in the collocated reference picture. Inspatial-temporal motion vector prediction (STMVP) method motion vectorsof the sub-CUs are derived recursively by using the temporal motionvector predictor and spatial neighbouring motion vector. In someembodiments, and to preserve more accurate motion field for sub-CUmotion prediction, the motion compression for the reference frames maybe disabled.

2.1.1 Examples of Alternative Temporal Motion Vector Prediction (ATMVP)

In the ATMVP method, the temporal motion vector prediction (TMVP) methodis modified by fetching multiple sets of motion information (includingmotion vectors and reference indices) from blocks smaller than thecurrent CU.

FIG. 10 shows an example of ATMVP motion prediction process for a CU1000. The ATMVP method predicts the motion vectors of the sub-CUs 1001within a CU 1000 in two steps. The first step is to identify thecorresponding block 1051 in a reference picture 1050 with a temporalvector. The reference picture 1050 is also referred to as the motionsource picture. The second step is to split the current CU 1000 intosub-CUs 1001 and obtain the motion vectors as well as the referenceindices of each sub-CU from the block corresponding to each sub-CU.

In the first step, a reference picture 1050 and the corresponding blockis determined by the motion information of the spatial neighboringblocks of the current CU 1000. To avoid the repetitive scanning processof neighboring blocks, the first merge candidate in the merge candidatelist of the current CU 1000 is used. The first available motion vectoras well as its associated reference index are set to be the temporalvector and the index to the motion source picture. This way, thecorresponding block may be more accurately identified, compared withtemporal motion vector predictor (TMVP), wherein the corresponding block(sometimes called collocated block) is always in a bottom-right orcenter position relative to the current CU.

In the second step, a corresponding block of the sub-CU 1051 isidentified by the temporal vector in the motion source picture 1050, byadding to the coordinate of the current CU the temporal vector. For eachsub-CU, the motion information of its corresponding block (e.g., thesmallest motion grid that covers the center sample) is used to derivethe motion information for the sub-CU. After the motion information of acorresponding N×N block is identified, it is converted to the motionvectors and reference indices of the current sub-CU, in the same way asTMVP of HEVC, wherein motion scaling and other procedures apply. Forexample, the decoder checks whether the low-delay condition (e.g. thePOCs of all reference pictures of the current picture are smaller thanthe POC of the current picture) is fulfilled and possibly uses motionvector MVx (e.g., the motion vector corresponding to reference picturelist X) to predict motion vector MVy (e.g., with X being equal to 0 or 1and Y being equal to 1-X) for each sub-CU.

2.1.2 Examples of Spatial-Temporal Motion Vector Prediction (STMVP)

In the STMVP method, the motion vectors of the sub-CUs are derivedrecursively, following raster scan order. FIG. 11 shows an example ofone CU with four sub-blocks and neighboring blocks. Consider an 8×8 CU1100 that includes four 4×4 sub-CUs A (1101), B (1102), C (1103), and D(1104). The neighboring 4×4 blocks in the current frame are labelled asa (1111), b (1112), c (1113), and d (1114).

The motion derivation for sub-CU A starts by identifying its two spatialneighbors. The first neighbor is the N×N block above sub-CU A 1101(block c 1113). If this block c (1113) is not available or is intracoded the other N×N blocks above sub-CU A (1101) are checked (from leftto right, starting at block c 1113). The second neighbor is a block tothe left of the sub-CU A 1101 (block b 1112). If block b (1112) is notavailable or is intra coded other blocks to the left of sub-CU A 1101are checked (from top to bottom, staring at block b 1112). The motioninformation obtained from the neighboring blocks for each list is scaledto the first reference frame for a given list. Next, TMVP of sub-block A1101 is derived by following the same procedure of TMVP derivation asspecified in HEVC. The motion information of the collocated block atblock D 1104 is fetched and scaled accordingly. Finally, afterretrieving and scaling the motion information, all available motionvectors are averaged separately for each reference list. The averagedmotion vector is assigned as the motion vector of the current sub-CU.

2.1.3 Examples of Sub-CU Motion Prediction Mode Signaling

In some embodiments, the sub-CU modes are enabled as additional mergecandidates and there is no additional syntax element required to signalthe modes. Two additional merge candidates are added to merge candidateslist of each CU to represent the ATMVP mode and STMVP mode. In otherembodiments, up to seven merge candidates may be used, if the sequenceparameter set indicates that ATMVP and STMVP are enabled. The encodinglogic of the additional merge candidates is the same as for the mergecandidates in the HEVC Test Model (HM), which means, for each CU in P orB slice, two more rate-distortion (RD) checks may be needed for the twoadditional merge candidates. In some embodiments, e.g., JEM, all bins ofthe merge index are context coded by CABAC (Context-based AdaptiveBinary Arithmetic Coding). In other embodiments, e.g., HEVC, only thefirst bin is context coded and the remaining bins are context by-passcoded.

2.2 Example of Local Illumination Compensation (LIC) in JEM

Local Illumination Compensation (LIC) is based on a linear model forillumination changes, using a scaling factor a and an offset b. And itis enabled or disabled adaptively for each inter-mode coded coding unit(CU).

When LIC applies for a CU, a least square error method is employed toderive the parameters a and b by using the neighbouring samples of thecurrent CU and their corresponding reference samples. More specifically,as illustrated in FIG. 12 , the subsampled (2:1 subsampling)neighbouring samples of the CU and the corresponding samples (identifiedby motion information of the current CU or sub-CU) in the referencepicture are used.

2.2.1 Derivation of Prediction Blocks

The IC parameters are derived and applied for each prediction directionseparately. For each prediction direction, a first prediction block isgenerated with the decoded motion information, then a temporaryprediction block is obtained via applying the LIC model. Afterwards, thetwo temporary prediction blocks are utilized to derive the finalprediction block.

When a CU is coded with merge mode, the LIC flag is copied fromneighbouring blocks, in a way similar to motion information copy inmerge mode; otherwise, an LIC flag is signalled for the CU to indicatewhether LIC applies or not.

When LIC is enabled for a picture, additional CU level RD check isneeded to determine whether LIC is applied or not for a CU. When LIC isenabled for a CU, mean-removed sum of absolute difference (MR-SAD) andmean-removed sum of absolute Hadamard-transformed difference (MR-SATD)are used, instead of SAD and SATD, for integer pel motion search andfractional pel motion search, respectively.

To reduce the encoding complexity, the following encoding scheme isapplied in the JEM: LIC is disabled for the entire picture when there isno obvious illumination change between a current picture and itsreference pictures. To identify this situation, histograms of a currentpicture and every reference picture of the current picture arecalculated at the encoder. If the histogram difference between thecurrent picture and every reference picture of the current picture issmaller than a given threshold, LIC is disabled for the current picture;otherwise, LIC is enabled for the current picture.

2.3 Example of Inter Prediction Methods in VVC

There are several new coding tools for inter prediction improvement,such as Adaptive motion vector difference resolution (AMVR) forsignaling MVD, affine prediction mode, Triangular prediction mode (TPM),ATMVP, Generalized Bi-Prediction (GBI), Bi-directional Optical flow(BIO).

2.3.1 Examples of Coding Block Structure in VVC

In VVC, a QuadTree/BinaryTree/MulitpleTree (QT/BT/TT) structure isadopted to divide a picture into square or rectangle blocks. BesidesQT/BT/TT, separate tree (a.k.a. Dual coding tree) is also adopted in VVCfor I-frames. With separate tree, the coding block structure aresignaled separately for the luma and chroma components.

2.3.2 Examples of Adaptive Motion Vector Difference Resolution

In some embodiments, motion vector differences (MVDs) (between themotion vector and predicted motion vector of a PU) are signalled inunits of quarter luma samples when use_integer_mv_flag is equal to 0 inthe slice header. In the JEM, a locally adaptive motion vectorresolution (LAMVR) is introduced. In the JEM, MVD can be coded in unitsof quarter luma samples, integer luma samples or four luma samples. TheMVD resolution is controlled at the coding unit (CU) level, and MVDresolution flags are conditionally signalled for each CU that has atleast one non-zero MVD components.

For a CU that has at least one non-zero MVD components, a first flag issignalled to indicate whether quarter luma sample MV precision is usedin the CU. When the first flag (equal to 1) indicates that quarter lumasample MV precision is not used, another flag is signalled to indicatewhether integer luma sample MV precision or four luma sample MVprecision is used.

When the first MVD resolution flag of a CU is zero, or not coded for aCU (meaning all MVDs in the CU are zero), the quarter luma sample MVresolution is used for the CU. When a CU uses integer-luma sample MVprecision or four-luma-sample MV precision, the MVPs in the AMVPcandidate list for the CU are rounded to the corresponding precision.

2.3.3 Examples of Affine Motion Compensation Prediction

In HEVC, only a translation motion model is applied for motioncompensation prediction (MCP). However, the camera and objects may havemany kinds of motion, e.g. zoom in/out, rotation, perspective motions,and/or other irregular motions. In VVC, a simplified affine transformmotion compensation prediction is applied with 4-parameter affine modeland 6-parameter affine model. As shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, the affinemotion field of the block is described by two (in the 4-parameter affinemodel that uses the variables a, b, e and f) or three (in the6-parameter affine model that uses the variables a, b, c, d, e and f)control point motion vectors, respectively.

The motion vector field (MVF) of a block is described by the followingequation with the 4-parameter affine model and 6-parameter affine modelrespectively:

$\begin{matrix}\left\{ \begin{matrix}{{{mv}^{h}\left( {x,y} \right)} = {{{ax} - {by} + e} = {{\frac{\left( {{mv}_{1}^{h} - {mv}_{0}^{h}} \right)}{w}x} - {\frac{\left( {{mv}_{1}^{v} - {mv}_{0}^{v}} \right)}{w}y} + {mv}_{0}^{h}}}} \\{{{mv}^{v}\left( {x,y} \right)} = {{{bx} + {ay} + f} = {{\frac{\left( {{mv}_{1}^{v} - {mv}_{0}^{v}} \right)}{w}x} + {\frac{\left( {{mv}_{1}^{h} - {mv}_{0}^{h}} \right)}{w}y} + {mv}_{0}^{v}}}}\end{matrix} \right. & {{Eq}.(1)}\end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}\left\{ \begin{matrix}{{{mv}^{h}\left( {x,y} \right)} = {{{ax} + {cy} + e} = {{\frac{\left( {{mv}_{1}^{h} - {mv}_{0}^{h}} \right)}{w}x} + {\frac{\left( {{mv}_{2}^{h} - {mv}_{0}^{h}} \right)}{h}y} + {mv}_{0}^{h}}}} \\{{{mv}^{v}\left( {x,y} \right)} = {{{bx} + {dy} + f} = {{\frac{\left( {{mv}_{1}^{v} - {mv}_{0}^{v}} \right)}{w}x} + {\frac{\left( {{mv}_{2}^{v} - {mv}_{0}^{v}} \right)}{h}y} + {mv}_{0}^{v}}}}\end{matrix} \right. & {{Eq}.(2)}\end{matrix}$

Herein, (mv^(h) ₀, mv^(h) ₀) is motion vector of the top-left cornercontrol point (CP), and (mv^(h) ₁, mv^(h) ₁) is motion vector of thetop-right corner control point and (mv^(h) ₂, mv^(h) ₂) is motion vectorof the bottom-left corner control point, (x, y) represents thecoordinate of a representative point relative to the top-left samplewithin current block. The CP motion vectors may be signaled (like in theaffine AMVP mode) or derived on-the-fly (like in the affine merge mode).w and h are the width and height of the current block. In practice, thedivision is implemented by right-shift with a rounding operation. In VVCtest model (VTM), the representative point is defined to be the centerposition of a sub-block, e.g., when the coordinate of the left-topcorner of a sub-block relative to the top-left sample within currentblock is (xs, ys), the coordinate of the representative point is definedto be (xs+2, ys+2). For each sub-block (e.g., 4×4 in VTM), therepresentative point is utilized to derive the motion vector for thewhole sub-block.

FIG. 14 shows an example of affine MVF per sub-block for a block 1300,wherein in order to further simplify the motion compensation prediction,sub-block based affine transform prediction is applied. To derive motionvector of each M×N sub-block, the motion vector of the center sample ofeach sub-block can be calculated according to Eqs. (1) and (2), androunded to the motion vector fraction accuracy (e.g., 1/16 in JEM). Thenthe motion compensation interpolation filters can be applied to generatethe prediction of each sub-block with derived motion vector. Theinterpolation filters for 1/16-pel are introduced by the affine mode.After the MCP, the high accuracy motion vector of each sub-block isrounded and saved as the same accuracy as the normal motion vector.

2.3.3.1 Examples for Signaling of Affine Prediction

Similar to the translational motion model, there are also two modes forsignaling the side information due affine prediction. They areAFFINE_INTER and AFFINE_MERGE modes.

2.3.3.2 Examples of AF_INTER Mode

For CUs with both width and height larger than 8, AF_INTER mode can beapplied. An affine flag in CU level is signaled in the bitstream toindicate whether AF_INTER mode is used.

In this mode, for each reference picture list (List 0 or List 1), anaffine AMVP candidate list is constructed with three types of affinemotion predictors in the following order, wherein each candidateincludes the estimated CPMVs of the current block. The differences ofthe best CPMVs found at the encoder side (such as mv₀ mv₁ mv₂ in FIG. 17) and the estimated CPMVs are signalled. In addition, the index ofaffine AMVP candidate from which the estimated CPMVs are derived isfurther signalled.

1) Inherited Affine Motion Predictors

The checking order is similar to that of spatial MVPs in HEVC AMVP listconstruction. First, a left inherited affine motion predictor is derivedfrom the first block in {A1, A0} that is affine coded and has the samereference picture as in current block. Second, an above inherited affinemotion predictor is derived from the first block in {B1, B0, B2} that isaffine coded and has the same reference picture as in current block. Thefive blocks A1, A0, B1, B0, B2 are depicted in FIG. 16 . Once aneighboring block is found to be coded with affine mode, the CPMVs ofthe coding unit covering the neighboring block are used to derivepredictors of CPMVs of current block. For example, if A1 is coded withnon-affine mode and A0 is coded with 4-parameter affine mode, the leftinherited affine MV predictor will be derived from A0. In this case, theCPMVs of a CU covering A0, as denoted by MV₀ ^(N) for the top-left CPMVand MV₁ ^(N) for the top-right CPMV in FIG. 18B are utilized to derivethe estimated CPMVs of current block, denoted by MV₀ ^(C), MV₁ ^(C), MV₂^(C) for the top-left (with coordinate (x0, y0)), top-right (withcoordinate (x1, y1)) and bottom-right positions (with coordinate (x2,y2)) of current block.

2) Constructed Affine Motion Predictors

A constructed affine motion predictor consists of control-point motionvectors (CPMVs) that are derived from neighboring inter coded blocks, asshown in FIG. 17 , that have the same reference picture. If the currentaffine motion model is 4-parameter affine, the number of CPMVs is 2,otherwise if the current affine motion model is 6-parameter affine, thenumber of CPMVs is 3. The top-left CPMV

₀ is derived by the at the first block in the group {A, B, C} that isinter coded and has the same reference picture as in current block. Thetop-right CPMV

₁ is derived by the MV at the first block in the group {D, E} that isinter coded and has the same reference picture as in current block. Thebottom-left CPMV

₂ is derived by the MV at the first block in the group {F, G} that isinter coded and has the same reference picture as in current block.

-   -   If the current affine motion model is 4-parameter affine, then a        constructed affine motion predictor is inserted into the        candidate list only if both        ₀ and        ₁ are founded, that is,        ₀ and        ₁ are used as the estimated CPMVs for top-left (with coordinate        (x0, y0)), top-right (with coordinate (x1, y1)) positions of        current block.    -   If the current affine motion model is 6-parameter affine, then a        constructed affine motion predictor is inserted into the        candidate list only if        ₀,        ₁ and        ₂ are all founded, that is,        ₀,        ₁ and        ₂ are used as the estimated CPMVs for top-left (with coordinate        (x0, y0)), top-right (with coordinate (x1, y1)) and bottom-right        (with coordinate (x2, y2)) positions of current block.

No pruning process is applied when inserting a constructed affine motionpredictor into the candidate list.

3) Normal AMVP Motion Predictors

The following applies until the number of affine motion predictorsreaches the maximum.

1) Derive an affine motion predictor by setting all CPMVs equal to

₂ if available.

2) Derive an affine motion predictor by setting all CPMVs equal to

₁ if available.

3) Derive an affine motion predictor by setting all CPMVs equal to

₀ if available.

4) Derive an affine motion predictor by setting all CPMVs equal to HEVCTMVP if available.

5) Derive an affine motion predictor by setting all CPMVs to zero MV.

Note that

_(i) is already derived in constructed affine motion predictor.

In AF_INTER mode, when 4/6 parameter affine mode is used, 2/3 controlpoints are required, and therefore 2/3 MVD needs to be coded for thesecontrol points, as shown in FIGS. 15A and 15B. In an existingimplementation, the MV may be derived as follows, e.g., it predicts mvd₁and mvd₂ from mvd₀.

₀=

₀+

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₁+

₁+

₀

₂=

₂+

₂+

₀

Herein,

_(i), mvd_(i) and mv₁ are the predicted motion vector, motion vectordifference and motion vector of the top-left pixel (i=0), top-rightpixel (i=1) or left-bottom pixel (i=2) respectively, as shown in FIG.15B. In some embodiments, the addition of two motion vectors (e.g.,mvA(xA, yA) and mvB(xB, yB)) is equal to summation of two componentsseparately. For example, newMV=mvA+mvB implies that the two componentsof newMV are set to (xA+xB) and (yA+yB), respectively.

2.3.3.3 Examples of AF_MERGE Mode

When a CU is applied in AF_MERGE mode, it gets the first block codedwith an affine mode from the valid neighboring reconstructed blocks. Andthe selection order for the candidate block is from left, above, aboveright, left bottom to above left as shown in FIG. 18A (denoted by A, B,C, D, E in order). For example, if the neighbour left bottom block iscoded in affine mode as denoted by A0 in FIG. 18B, the Control Point(CP) motion vectors mv₀ ^(N), mv₁ ^(N) and mv₂ ^(N) of the top leftcorner, above right corner and left bottom corner of the neighbouringCU/PU which contains the block A are fetched. And the motion vector mv₀^(C), mv₁ ^(C) and mv₂ ^(C) (which is only used for the 6-parameteraffine model) of the top left corner/top right/bottom left on thecurrent CU/PU is calculated based on mv₀ ^(N), mv₁ ^(N) and mv₂ ^(N). Itshould be noted that in VTM-2.0, sub-block (e.g. 4×4 block in VTM)located at the top-left corner stores mv0, the sub-block located at thetop-right corner stores mv1 if the current block is affine coded. If thecurrent block is coded with the 6-parameter affine model, the sub-blocklocated at the bottom-left corner stores mv2; otherwise (with the4-parameter affine model), line buffer (LB) stores mv2′. Othersub-blocks stores the MVs used for MC.

After the CPMV of the current CU v0 and v1 are computed according to theaffine motion model in Eqs. (1) and (2), the MVF of the current CU canbe generated. In order to identify whether the current CU is coded withAF_MERGE mode, an affine flag can be signaled in the bitstream whenthere is at least one neighboring block is coded in affine mode.

In some embodiments (e.g., Joint Video Experts Team (JVET)-L0142 andJVET-L0632), an affine merge candidate list may be constructed withfollowing steps:

1) Insert Inherited Affine Candidates

Inherited affine candidate means that the candidate is derived from theaffine motion model of its valid neighbor affine coded block. Themaximum two inherited affine candidates are derived from affine motionmodel of the neighboring blocks and inserted into the candidate list.For the left predictor, the scan order is {A0, A1}; for the abovepredictor, the scan order is {B0, B1, B2}.

2) Insert Constructed Affine Candidates

If the number of candidates in affine merge candidate list is less thanMaxNumAffineCand (set to 5 in this contribution), constructed affinecandidates are inserted into the candidate list. Constructed affinecandidate means the candidate is constructed by combining the neighbormotion information of each control point.

a) The motion information for the control points is derived firstly fromthe specified spatial neighbors and temporal neighbor shown in FIG. 19 .CPk (k=1, 2, 3, 4) represents the k-th control point. A0, A1, A2, B0,B1, B2 and B3 are spatial positions for predicting CPk (k=1, 2, 3); T istemporal position for predicting CP4.

The coordinates of CP1, CP2, CP3 and CP4 is (0, 0), (W, 0), (H, 0) and(W, H), respectively, where W and H are the width and height of currentblock.

The motion information of each control point is obtained according tothe following priority order:

For CP1, the checking priority is B2→B3→A2. B2 is used if it isavailable. Otherwise, if B2 is available, B3 is used. If both B2 and B3are unavailable, A2 is used. If all the three candidates areunavailable, the motion information of CP1 cannot be obtained.

For CP2, the checking priority is B1→B0.

For CP3, the checking priority is A1→A0.

For CP4, T is used.

b) Secondly, the combinations of controls points are used to constructan affine merge candidate.

I. Motion information of three control points are needed to construct a6-parameter affine candidate. The three control points can be selectedfrom one of the following four combinations ({CP1, CP2, CP4}, {CP1, CP2,CP3}, {CP2, CP3, CP4}, {CP1, CP3, CP4}). Combinations {CP1, CP2, CP3},{CP2, CP3, CP4}, {CP1, CP3, CP4} will be converted to a 6-parametermotion model represented by top-left, top-right and bottom-left controlpoints.

II. Motion information of two control points are needed to construct a4-parameter affine candidate. The two control points can be selectedfrom one of the following six combinations ({CP1, CP4}, {CP2, CP3},{CP1, CP2}, {CP2, CP4}, {CP1, CP3}, {CP3, CP4}). Combinations {CP1,CP4}, {CP2, CP3}, {CP2, CP4}, {CP1, CP3}, {CP3, CP4} will be convertedto a 4-parameter motion model represented by top-left and top-rightcontrol points.

III. The combinations of constructed affine candidates are inserted intoto candidate list as following order:

-   -   {CP1, CP2, CP3}, {CP1, CP2, CP4}, {CP1, CP3, CP4}, {CP2, CP3,        CP4}, {CP1, CP2}, {CP1, CP3}, {CP2, CP3}, {CP1, CP4}, {CP2,        CP4}, {CP3, CP4}

i. For reference list X (X being 0 or 1) of a combination, the referenceindex with highest usage ratio in the control points is selected as thereference index of list X, and motion vectors point to differencereference picture will be scaled.

After a candidate is derived, full pruning process is performed to checkwhether same candidate has been inserted into the list. If a samecandidate exists, the derived candidate is discarded.

3) Padding with Zero Motion Vectors

If the number of candidates in affine merge candidate list is less than5, zero motion vectors with zero reference indices are insert into thecandidate list, until the list is full.

More specifically, for the sub-block merge candidate list, a 4-parametermerge candidate with MVs set to (0, 0) and prediction direction set touni-prediction from list 0 (for P slice) and bi-prediction (for Bslice).

2.3.4 Examples of Merge with Motion Vector Differences (MMVD)

In JVET-L0054, ultimate motion vector expression (UMVE, also known asMMVD) is presented. UMVE is used for either skip or merge modes with aproposed motion vector expression method.

UMVE re-uses merge candidate as same as those included in the regularmerge candidate list in VVC. Among the merge candidates, a basecandidate can be selected, and is further expanded by the proposedmotion vector expression method.

UMVE provides a new motion vector difference (MVD) representationmethod, in which a starting point, a motion magnitude and a motiondirection are used to represent a MVD.

This proposed technique uses a merge candidate list as it is. But onlycandidates which are default merge type (MRG_TYPE_DEFAULT N) areconsidered for UMVE's expansion.

Base candidate index defines the starting point. Base candidate index(IDX) indicates the best candidate among candidates in the list asfollows.

TABLE 1 Base candidate IDX Base candidate IDX 0 1 2 3 N^(th) MVP 1^(st)MVP 2^(nd) MVP 3^(rd) MVP 4^(th) MVP

If the number of base candidate is equal to 1, Base candidate IDX is notsignaled.

Distance index is motion magnitude information. Distance index indicatesthe pre-defined distance from the starting point information.Pre-defined distance is as follows:

TABLE 2 Distance IDX Distance IDX 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pixel ¼-pel ½-pel1-pel 2-pel 4-pel 8-pel 16-pel 32-pel distance

Direction index represents the direction of the MVD relative to thestarting point. The direction index can represent of the four directionsas shown below.

TABLE 3 Direction IDX Direction IDX 00 01 10 11 x-axis + − N/A N/Ay-axis N/A N/A + −

In some embodiments, the UMVE flag is signaled right after sending askip flag or merge flag. If skip or merge flag is true, UMVE flag isparsed. If UMVE flag is equal to 1, UMVE syntaxes are parsed. But, ifnot 1, AFFINE flag is parsed. If AFFINE flag is equal to 1, that isAFFINE mode, But, if not 1, skip/merge index is parsed for VTM'sskip/merge mode.

Additional line buffer due to UMVE candidates is not needed. Because askip/merge candidate of software is directly used as a base candidate.Using input UMVE index, the supplement of MV is decided right beforemotion compensation. There is no need to hold long line buffer for this.

In current common test condition, either the first or the second mergecandidate in the merge candidate list could be selected as the basecandidate.

2.3.5 Examples of Decoder-Side Motion Vector Refinement (DMVR)

In bi-prediction operation, for the prediction of one block region, twoprediction blocks, formed using a motion vector (MV) of list0 and a MVof list1, respectively, are combined to form a single prediction signal.In the decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) method, the twomotion vectors of the bi-prediction are further refined.

In JEM design, the motion vectors are refined by a bilateral templatematching process. The bilateral template matching applied in the decoderto perform a distortion-based search between a bilateral template andthe reconstruction samples in the reference pictures in order to obtaina refined MV without transmission of additional motion information. Anexample is depicted in FIG. 22 . The bilateral template is generated asthe weighted combination (i.e. average) of the two prediction blocks,from the initial MV0 of list0 and MV1 of list1, respectively, as shownin FIG. 22 . The template matching operation consists of calculatingcost measures between the generated template and the sample region(around the initial prediction block) in the reference picture. For eachof the two reference pictures, the MV that yields the minimum templatecost is considered as the updated MV of that list to replace theoriginal one. In the JEM, nine MV candidates are searched for each list.The nine MV candidates include the original MV and 8 surrounding MVswith one luma sample offset to the original MV in either the horizontalor vertical direction, or both. Finally, the two new MVs, i.e., MV0′ andMV1′ as shown in FIG. 22 , are used for generating the finalbi-prediction results. A sum of absolute differences (SAD) is used asthe cost measure. Please note that when calculating the cost of aprediction block generated by one surrounding MV, the rounded MV (tointeger pel) is actually used to obtain the prediction block instead ofthe real MV.

To further simplify the process of DMVR, JVET-M0147 proposed severalchanges to the design in JEM. More specifically, the adopted decoderside motion vector derivation (DMVR) design to VTM-4.0 (to be releasedsoon) has the following main features:

-   -   Early termination w/(0,0) position SAD between list0 and list1    -   Block sizes for DMVR W*H>=64 && H>=8    -   Split the CU into multiple of 16×16 sub-blocks for DMVR of CU        size >16*16    -   Reference block size (W+7)*(H+7) (for luma)    -   25 points SAD-based integer-pel search (i.e. (+−) 2 refinement        search range, single stage)    -   Bilinear-interpolation based DMVR    -   MVD mirroring between list0 and list1 to allow bilateral        matching    -   “Parametric error surface equation” based sub-pel refinement    -   Luma/chroma MC w/ reference block padding (if needed)    -   Refined MVs used for MC and TMVPs only

2.3.6 Examples of Combined Intra and Inter Prediction (CIR)

In JVET-L0100, multi-hypothesis prediction is proposed, wherein combinedintra and inter prediction is one way to generate multiple hypotheses.

When the multi-hypothesis prediction is applied to improve intra mode,multi-hypothesis prediction combines one intra prediction and one mergeindexed prediction. In a merge CU, one flag is signaled for merge modeto select an intra mode from an intra candidate list when the flag istrue. For luma component, the intra candidate list is derived from 4intra prediction modes including DC, planar, horizontal, and verticalmodes, and the size of the intra candidate list can be 3 or 4 dependingon the block shape. When the CU width is larger than the double of CUheight, horizontal mode is exclusive of the intra mode list and when theCU height is larger than the double of CU width, vertical mode isremoved from the intra mode list. One intra prediction mode selected bythe intra mode index and one merge indexed prediction selected by themerge index are combined using weighted average. For chroma component,DM is always applied without extra signaling. The weights for combiningpredictions are described as follow. When DC or planar mode is selected,or the coding block (CB) width or height is smaller than 4, equalweights are applied. For those CBs with CB width and height larger thanor equal to 4, when horizontal/vertical mode is selected, one CB isfirst vertically/horizontally split into four equal-area regions. Eachweight set, denoted as (w_intra_(i), w_inter_(i)), where i is from 1 to4 and (w_intra₁, w_inter₁)=(6, 2), (w_intra₂, w_inter₂)=(5, 3),(w_intra₃, w_inter₃)=(3, 5), and (w_intra₄, w_inter₄)=(2, 6), will beapplied to a corresponding region. (w_intra₁, w_inter₁) is for theregion closest to the reference samples and (w_intra₄, w_inter₄) is forthe region farthest away from the reference samples. Then, the combinedprediction can be calculated by summing up the two weighted predictionsand right-shifting 3 bits. Moreover, the intra prediction mode for theintra hypothesis of predictors can be saved for reference of thefollowing neighboring CUs.

2.4 in-Loop Reshaping (ILR) in JVET-M0427

The basic idea of in-loop reshaping (ILR) is to convert the original (inthe first domain) signal (prediction/reconstruction signal) to a seconddomain (reshaped domain).

The in-loop luma reshaper is implemented as a pair of look-up tables(LUTs), but only one of the two LUTs need to be signaled as the otherone can be computed from the signaled LUT. Each LUT is aone-dimensional, 10-bit, 1024-entry mapping table (1D-LUT). One LUT is aforward LUT, FwdLUT, that maps input luma code values Y_(i) to alteredvalues Y_(r): Y_(r)=FwdLUT[Y_(i)]. The other LUT is an inverse LUT,InvLUT, that maps altered code values Y_(r) to Ŷ_(i):Ŷ_(i)=InvLUT[Y_(r)]. (Ŷ_(i) represents the reconstruction values ofY_(i)).

2.4.1 Piece-Wise Linear (PWL) Model

In some embodiments, piece-wise linear (PWL) is implemented in thefollowing way:

Let x1, x2 be two input pivot points, and y1, y2 be their correspondingoutput pivot points for one piece. The output value y for any inputvalue x between x1 and x2 can be interpolated by the following equation:

y=((y2−y1)/(x2−x1))*(x−x1)+y1

In fixed point implementation, the equation can be rewritten as:

y=((m*x+2FP_PREC−1)>>FP_PREC)+c

where m is scalar, c is an offset, and FP_PREC is a constant value tospecify the precision.

Note that in core experiment (CE) 12 software, the PWL model is used toprecompute the 1024-entry FwdLUT and InvLUT mapping tables; but the PWLmodel also allows implementations to calculate identical mapping valueson-the-fly without pre-computing the LUTs.

2.4.2 Test CE12-2

2.4.2.1 Luma reshaping

Test 2 of the in-loop luma reshaping (i.e., CE12-2 in the proposal)provides a lower complexity pipeline that also eliminates decodinglatency for block-wise intra prediction in inter slice reconstruction.Intra prediction is performed in reshaped domain for both inter andintra slices.

Intra prediction is always performed in reshaped domain regardless ofslice type. With such arrangement, intra prediction can startimmediately after previous TU reconstruction is done. Such arrangementcan also provide a unified process for intra mode instead of being slicedependent. FIG. 23 shows the block diagram of the CE12-2 decodingprocess based on mode.

CE12-2 also tests 16-piece piece-wise linear (PWL) models for luma andchroma residue scaling instead of the 32-piece PWL models of CE12-1.

Inter slice reconstruction with in-loop luma reshaper in CE12-2(light-green shaded blocks indicate signal in reshaped domain: lumaresidue; intra luma predicted; and intra luma reconstructed).

2.4.2.2 Luma-Dependent Chroma Residue Scaling (LCRS)

Luma-dependent chroma residue scaling is a multiplicative processimplemented with fixed-point integer operation. Chroma residue scalingcompensates for luma signal interaction with the chroma signal. Chromaresidue scaling is applied at the transform unit (TU) level. Morespecifically, the following applies:

-   -   For intra, the reconstructed luma is averaged.    -   For inter, the prediction luma is averaged.

The average is used to identify an index in a PWL model. The indexidentifies a scaling factor cScaleInv. The chroma residual is multipliedby that number.

It is noted that the chroma scaling factor is calculated fromforward-mapped predicted luma values rather than reconstructed lumavalues.

2.4.2.3 Signaling of ILR Side Information

The parameters are (currently) sent in the tile group header (similar toALF). These reportedly take 40-100 bits. A tile group can be another wayto represent a picture. The following table is based on version 9 ofJVET-L1001. The added syntax is highlighted in italics.

In 7.3.2.1 Sequence parameter set raw byte sequence payload (RBSP)syntax

Descrip- tor seq_parameter_set_rbsp( ) {  sps_seq_parameter_set_id ue(v). . .  sps_triangle_enabled_flag u(1)  sps_ladf_enabled_flag u(1)  if (sps_ladf_enabled_flag ) {   sps_num_ladf_intervals_minus2 u(2)  sps_ladf_lowest_interval_qp_offset se(v)   for( i = 0; i <sps_num_ladf_intervals_minus2 + 1; i++ ) {    sps_ladf_qp_offset[ i ]se(v)    sps_ladf_delta_threshold_minusl[ i ] ue(v)   }  }  

u(1)  rbsp_trailing_bits( ) }In 7.3.3.1 General tile group header syntax

Descriptor tile_group_header( ) { . . .  if(num_tiles_in_tile_group_minus1 > 0 ) {   offset_len_minus1 ue(v)   for(i = 0; i < num_tiles_in_tile_group_minus1; i++ )   entry_point_offset_minus1[ i ] u(v)  }  if ( sps_reshaper_enable_flag) {   

u(1)   if ( tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag )   tile_group_reshaper_model ( )   

u(1)   if ( tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag && (!(qtbtt_dual_tree_intra_flag && tile_group_type = = 1 ) ) )    

u(1)  }  byte_alignment( ) }Add a new syntax table tile group reshaper model:

Descriptor tile_group_reshaper_model ( ) {  

ue(v)  

ue(v)  

ue(v)  for ( i = reshaper_model_min_bin_idx; i <=reshaper_model_max_bin_idx; i+ + ) {   

 [ i ] u(v)   if ( reshaper_model_bin_delta_abs_CW[ i ] ) > 0 )     

 [ i ] u(1)  } }In General sequence parameter set RBSP semantics, add the followingsemantics:sps_reshaper_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that reshaper is used inthe coded video sequence (CVS). sps_reshaper_enabled_flag equal to 0specifies that reshaper is not used in the CVS.In tile group header syntax, add the following semanticstile group_reshaper_model_present_flag equal to 1 specifiestile_group_reshaper_model( ) is present in tile group header.tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag equal to 0 specifiestile_group_reshaper_model( ) is not present in tile group header. Whentile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag is not present, it is inferred tobe equal to 0. tile_group_reshaper_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifiesthat reshaper is enabled for the current tile group.tile_group_reshaper_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that reshaper isnot enabled for the current tile group. Whentile_group_reshaper_enable_flag is not present, it is inferred to beequal to 0.tile_group_reshaper_chroma_residual_scale_flag equal to 1 specifies thatchroma residual scaling is enabled for the current tile group.tile_group_reshaper_chroma_residual_scale_flag equal to 0 specifies thatchroma residual scaling is not enabled for the current tile group. Whentile_group_reshaper_chroma_residual_scale_flag is not present, it isinferred to be equal to 0.Add tile_group_reshaper_model( ) syntaxreshape_model_min_bin_idx specifies the minimum bin (or piece) index tobe used in the reshaper construction process. The value ofreshape_model_min_bin_idx shall be in the range of 0 to MaxBinIdx,inclusive. The value of MaxBinIdx shall be equal to 15.reshape_model_delta_max_bin_idx specifies the maximum allowed bin (orpiece) index MaxBinIdx minus the maximum bin index to be used in thereshaper construction process. The value of reshape_model_max_bin_idx isset equal to MaxBinIdx−reshape_model_delta_max_bin_idx.reshaper_model_bin_delta_abs_cw_prec_minus1 plus 1 specifies the numberof bits used for the representation of the syntaxreshape_model_bin_delta_abs_CW[i].reshape_model_bin_delta_abs_CW[i] specifies the absolute delta codewordvalue for the ith bin. reshaper_model_bin_delta_sign_CW_flag[i]specifies the sign of reshape_model_bin_delta_abs_CW[i] as follows:

-   -   If reshape model_bin_delta_sign_CW_flag[i] is equal to 0, the        corresponding variable RspDeltaCW[i] is a positive value.    -   Otherwise (reshape_model_bin_delta_sign_CW_flag[i] is not equal        to 0), the corresponding variable RspDeltaCW[i] is a negative        value.        When reshape model_bin_delta_sign_CW_flag[i] is not present, it        is inferred to be equal to 0.        The variable RspDeltaCW[i]=(1 2*reshape_model_bin_delta sign_CW        [i])*reshape_model_bin_delta_abs_CW [i];        The variable RspCW[i] is derived as following steps:        The variable OrgCW is set equal to        (1<<BitDepth_(Y))/(MaxBinIdx+1).    -   If reshaper_model_min_bin_idx<=i<=reshaper_model_max_bin_idx        RspCW[i]=OrgCW+RspDeltaCW[i].    -   Otherwise, RspCW[i]=0.

The value of RspCW [i] shall be in the range of 32 to 2*OrgCW−1 if thevalue of BitDepth_(Y) is equal to 10.

The variables InputPivot[i] with i in the range of 0 to MaxBinIdx+1,inclusive are derived as follows

InputPivot[i]=i*OrgCW

The variable ReshapePivot[i] with i in the range of 0 to MaxBinIdx+1,inclusive, the variable ScaleCoef[i] and InvScaleCoeff[i] with i in therange of 0 to MaxBinIdx, inclusive, are derived as follows:

-   -   shiftY=14    -   ReshapePivot[0]=0;

for(   i   =  0;   i <= MaxBinIdx ;   i++) {  ReshapePivot[ i + 1 ] =ReshapePivot[ i ] + RspCW[ i ]   ScaleCoef[ i ] = ( RspCW[ i ] * (1 <<shiftY) + (1 << (Log2(OrgCW) − 1))) >> (Log2(OrgCW))   if   (   RspCW[ i]   ==   0 )    InvScaleCoeff[ i ]   = 0   else    InvScaleCoeff[ i ]  =               OrgCw * (1 << shiftY) / RspCW[ i ] }

The variable ChromaScaleCoef[i] with i in the range of 0 to MaxBinIdx,inclusive, are derived as follows:

-   -   ChromaResidualScaleLut[64]={16384, 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384,        16384, 16384, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 5461, 5461, 5461, 5461,        4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 3277, 3277, 3277, 3277, 2731, 2731,        2731, 2731, 2341, 2341, 2341, 2048, 2048, 2048, 1820, 1820,        1820, 1638, 1638, 1638, 1638, 1489, 1489, 1489, 1489, 1365,        1365, 1365, 1365, 1260, 1260, 1260, 1260, 1170, 1170, 1170,        1170, 1092, 1092, 1092, 1092, 1024, 1024, 1024, 1024};    -   shiftC=11        -   if(RspCW[i]==0)            -   ChromaScaleCoef[i]=(1<<shiftC)            -   Otherwise (RspCW[i] !=0),                ChromaScaleCoef[i]=ChromaResidualScaleLut[RspCW[i]>>1]2.4.2.4                Usage of ILR

At the encoder side, each picture (or tile group) is firstly convertedto the reshaped domain. And all the coding process is performed in thereshaped domain. For intra prediction, the neighboring block is in thereshaped domain; for inter prediction, the reference blocks (generatedfrom the original domain from decoded picture buffer) are firstlyconverted to the reshaped domain. Then the residual are generated andcoded to the bitstream.

After the whole picture (or tile group) finishes encoding/decoding,samples in the reshaped domain are converted to the original domain,then deblocking filter and other filters are applied.

Forward reshaping to the prediction signal is disabled for the followingcases:

-   -   Current block is intra-coded    -   Current block is coded as current picture referencing (CPR) aka        intra block copy (IBC)    -   Current block is coded as combined inter-intra mode (CIIP) and        the forward reshaping is disabled for the intra prediction block

JVET-N0805

To avoid signaling the side information of ILR in tile group header, inJVET-N0805, it is proposed to signal them in APS. It includes thefollowing main ideas:

-   -   Optionally send luma mapping with chroma scaling (LMCS)        parameters in the SPS. LMCS refers to a technique as defined in        relevant video coding standards.    -   Define APS types for ALF and LMCS parameters. Each APS has only        one type.    -   Send LMCS parameters in APS    -   If LMCS tool enabled, have a flag in the TGH to indicate that        LMCS aps_id is present or not. If not signaled, the SPS        parameters are used.        -   Need to add semantic constraint to always have something            valid that is referred to when tool enabled.

2.5.2.5.1 Implementation of the Suggested Design on Top of JVET-M1001(VVC Working Draft 4)

In the below, the suggested changes are shown in Italic.

Descriptor seq_parameter_set_rbsp( ) { . . .  sps_lmcs_enabled_flag u(1) if( sps_lmcs_enabled_flag ) {   

u(1)  if( sps_lmcs_default_model_present_flag )   lmcs_data( ) . . . }sps_lmcs_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that luma mapping with chromascaling is used in the coded video sequence (CVS). sps_lmcs_enabled_flagequal to 0 specifies that luma mapping with chroma scaling is not usedin the CVS.

equal to 1 specifies that default lmcs data is present in this SPS.sps_lmcs_default_model_flag equal to 0 specifies that default lmcs datais not present in this SPS. When not present, the value ofsps_lmcs_default_model_present_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.

Descriptor adaptation_parameter_set_rbsp( ) { adaptation_parameter_set_id u(5)  

u(3)  if( aps_params_type = = ALF_APS ) // 0   alf_data( )  else if (aps_params_type = = LMCS_APS ) // 1   lmcs_data( )  aps_extension_flagu(1)  if( aps_extension_flag )   while( more_rbsp_data( ) )   aps_extension_data_flag u(1)  rbsp_trailing_bits( ) }aps_params_type specifies the type of APS parameters carried in the APSas specified in the following table:

TABLE 7-x

 

0 ALF_APS ALF parameters 1 LMCS_APS LMCS parameters 2 . . . 7 ReservedReserved Descriptor tile_group_header( ) {  . . .  if(sps_alf_enabled_flag ) {   tile_group_alf_enabled_flag u(l)   if(tile_group_alf_enabled_flag)    tile_group_alf_aps_id u(5)  }  . . . if( sps_lmcs_enabled_flag) {

  tile_group_lmcs_enable_flag u(1)   if( tile_group_lines_enable_flag ){    if( sps_lmcs_default_model_present_flag )     

u(l)    if( !tile_group_lmcs_use_default_model_flag )     

u(5)    if(!( qtbtt_dual_tree_intra_flag && tile_group_ type = = I ) )

 

    tile_group_chroma_residual_scale_flag u(1)   }  } . . .  if(NumTilesInCurrTileGroup > 1 ) {   offset_len_minus1 ue(v)   for( i = 0;i < NumTilesInCurrTileGroup − 1; i++ )    entry_point_offset_minus1[ i ]u(v)  }  byte_alignment( ) }Adding the following definitions to clause 3:

: An APS that has aps_params_type equal to ALF_APS.

: An APS that has aps_params_type equal to LMCS_APS.Make the following semantics changes:. . .tile_group_alf_aps_id specifies the adaptation_parameter_set_id of theALF_APS that the tile group refers to. The TemporalId of the ALF_APS NALunit having adaptation_parameter_set_id equal to tile_group_alf_aps_idshall be less than or equal to the TemporalId of the coded tile groupNAL unit.When multiple ALF APSs with the same value ofadaptation_parameter_set_id are referred to by two or more tile groupsof the same picture, the multiple ALF APSs with the same value ofadaptation_parameter_set_id shall have the same content.. . .tile_group_lmcs_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that luma mapping withchroma scaling is enabled for the current tile group.tile_group_lmcs_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that luma mapping withchroma scaling is not enabled for the current tile group. Whentile_group_lmcs_enable_flag is not present, it is inferred to be equalto 0.

equal to 1 species that luma mapping with chroma scaling operation forthe tile group uses default lmcs model.tile_group_lmcs_use_default_model_flag equal to 0 specifies that thatluma mapping with chroma scaling operation for the tile group uses lmcsmodel in the LMCS_APS referred to by tile_group_lmcs_aps_id. Whentile_group_reshaper_use_default_model_flag is not present, it isinferred to be equal to 0.

specifies the adaptation_parameter_set_id_of_the_LMCSAPS that the tilegroup refers to. The TemporalId of the LMCS APS NAL unit havingadaptation_parameter_set_id equal to tile group lmcs aps_id shall beless than or equal to the TemporalId of the coded tile group NAL unit.

When multiple LMCS APSs with the same value ofadaptation_parameter_set_id are referred to by two or more tile groupsof the same picture, the multiple LMCS APSs with the same value ofadaptation_parameter_set_id shall have the same content.

tile_group_chroma_residual_scale flag equal to 1 specifies that chromaresidual scaling is enabled for the current tile group.tile_group_chroma_residual_scale_flag equal to 0 specifies that chromaresidual scaling is not enabled for the current tile group. Whentile_group_chroma_residual_scale_flag is not present, it is inferred tobe equal to 0.. . .. . .

2.4.2.6 JVET-N0138

This contribution proposes extended usage of adaptation parameter set(APS) for carriage of reshaper model parameters as well as ALFparameters. In the last meeting, it is decided for ALF parameters to becarried by APS instead of tile group header for coding efficiencyimprovement by avoiding unnecessary redundant signaling of parameters inmultiple tile groups. Based on the same reason, it is proposed to carryreshaper model parameters by APS instead of tile group header. Toidentify the type of parameters in the APS (whether ALF or reshapermodel at least), APS type information is required in APS syntax as wellas APS identifier (ID).

Adaptation Parameter Set Syntax and Semantics

In the below, the suggested changes are shown in Italic.

adaptation_parameter_set_rbsp( ) { Descriptor adaptation_parameter_set_id u(5)  

u(1)  if( adaptation_parameter_set_type == 0 )   alf_data( )  else  reshaper_model( )  aps_extension_flag u(1)  if( aps_extension_flag )  while( more_rbsp_data( ) )    aps_extension_data_flag u(1) rbsp_trailing_bits( ) }adaptation_parameter_set_type identifies the type of parameters in APS.The value of adaptation_parameter_set_type shall be in the range of 0 to1, inclusive. If adaptation_parameter_set_type is equal to 0, the ALFparameters are signaled. Otherwise, reshaper model parameters aresignaled.

General Tile Group Header Syntax and Semantics

tile_group_header( ) { Descriptor  ... if ( sps_reshaper_enabled_flag ) {  tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag u(1)  if ( tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag )    

 

  tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag u(1)  if ( tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag && (!( qtbtt_dual_tree_intra_flag && tile_group_type == I ) ) )   tile_group_reshaper_chroma_residual_scale_flag u(1)  }  ... }

2.5 Virtual Pipelining Data Units (VPDU)

Virtual pipeline data units (VPDUs) are defined as non-overlappingM×M-luma(L)/N×N-chroma(C) units in a picture. In hardware decoders,successive VPDUs are processed by multiple pipeline stages at the sametime; different stages process different VPDUs simultaneously. The VPDUsize is roughly proportional to the buffer size in most pipeline stages,so it is said to be very important to keep the VPDU size small. In HEVChardware decoders, the VPDU size is set to the maximum transform block(TB) size. Enlarging the maximum TB size from 32×32-L/16×16-C(as inHEVC) to 64×64-L/32×32-C(as in the current VVC) can bring coding gains,which results in 4× of VPDU size (64×64-L/32×32-C) expectedly incomparison with HEVC. However, in addition to quadtree (QT) coding unit(CU) partitioning, ternary tree (TT) and binary tree (BT) are adopted inVVC for achieving additional coding gains, and TT and BT splits can beapplied to 128×128-L/64×64-C coding tree blocks (CTUs) recursively,which is said to lead to 16× of VPDU size (128×128-L/64×64-C) incomparison with HEVC.

In current design of VVC, the VPDU size is defined as 64×64-L/32×32-C.

2.6 Adaptation Parameter Set

An Adaptation Parameter Set (APS) is adopted in VVC to carry ALFparameters. The tile group header contains an aps_id which isconditionally present when ALF is enabled. The APS contains an aps_idand the ALF parameters. A new NUT (NAL unit type, as in AVC and HEVC)value is assigned for APS (from JVET-M0132). For the common testconditions in VTM-4.0 (to appear), it is suggested just using aps_id=0and sending the APS with each picture. For now, the range of APS IDvalues will be 0 . . . 31 and APSs can be shared across pictures (andcan be different in different tile groups within a picture). The IDvalue should be fixed-length coded when present. ID values cannot bere-used with different content within the same picture.

2.7 Related Tools 2.7.1 Diffusion Filter (DF)

In JVET-L0157, diffusion filter is proposed, wherein the intra/interprediction signal of the CU may be further modified by diffusionfilters.

Uniform diffusion filter. The Uniform Diffusion Filter is realized byconvolving the prediction signal with a fixed mask that is either givenas h^(I) or as h^(IV), defined below. Besides the prediction signalitself, one line of reconstructed samples left and above of the blockare used as an input for the filtered signal, where the use of thesereconstructed samples can be avoided on inter blocks.

Let pred be the prediction signal on a given block obtained by intra ormotion compensated prediction. In order to handle boundary points forthe filters, the prediction signal needs to be extended to a predictionsignal pred_(ext). This extended prediction can be formed in two ways:

Either, as an intermediate step, one line of reconstructed samples leftand above the block are added to the prediction signal and then theresulting signal is mirrored in all directions. Or only the predictionsignal itself is mirrored in all directions. The latter extension isused for inter blocks. In this case, only the prediction signal itselfcomprises the input for the extended prediction signal pred_(ext).

If the filter h^(I) is to be used, it is proposed to replace theprediction signal pred by

h ^(IV)*pred,

using the aforementioned boundary extension. Here, the filter mask h^(I)is given as

$h^{I} = {(0.25)^{4}{\begin{pmatrix}0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\0 & 0 & 0 & 4 & 0 & 4 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\0 & 0 & 6 & 0 & 16 & 0 & 6 & 0 & 0 \\0 & 4 & 0 & 24 & 0 & 24 & 0 & 4 & 0 \\1 & 0 & 16 & 0 & 36 & 0 & 16 & 0 & 1 \\0 & 4 & 0 & 24 & 0 & 24 & 0 & 4 & 0 \\0 & 0 & 6 & 0 & 16 & 0 & 6 & 0 & 0 \\0 & 0 & 0 & 4 & 0 & 4 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0\end{pmatrix}.}}$

If the filter h^(IV) is to be used, it is proposed to replace theprediction signal pred by

h ^(IV)*pred

Here, the filter h^(I)v is given as

h ^(IV) =h ^(I) *h ^(I) *h ^(I).

Directional diffusion filter. Instead of using signal adaptive diffusionfilters, directional filters, a horizontal filter h^(hor) and a verticalfilter h^(ver), are used which still have a fixed mask. More precisely,the uniform diffusion filtering corresponding to the mask h^(I) of theprevious section is simply restricted to be either applied only alongthe vertical or along the horizontal direction. The vertical filter isrealized by applying the fixed filter mask

$h_{ver} = {(0.5)^{4}\begin{pmatrix}1 \\0 \\4 \\0 \\6 \\0 \\4 \\0 \\1\end{pmatrix}}$

to the prediction signal and the horizontal filter is realized by usingthe transposed mask h_(hor)=h_(ver) ^(t).

2.7.2 Bilateral Filter (BF)

Bilateral filter is proposed in JVET-L0406, and it is always applied toluma blocks with non-zero transform coefficients and slice quantizationparameter larger than 17. Therefore, there is no need to signal theusage of the bilateral filter. Bilateral filter, if applied, isperformed on decoded samples right after the inverse transform. Inaddition, the filter parameters, i.e., weights are explicitly derivedfrom the coded information.

The filtering process is defined as:

P _(0,0) ′=P _(0,0)+Σ_(k=1) ^(K) W _(k)(abs(P _(k,0) −P _(0,0)))×(P_(k,0) −P _(0,0)).  (1)

Herein, P_(0,0) is the intensity of the current sample and P_(0,0)′ isthe modified intensity of the current sample, P_(k,0) and W_(k) are theintensity and weighting parameter for the k-th neighboring sample,respectively. An example of one current sample and its four neighboringsamples (i.e., K=4) is depicted in FIG. 24 .

More specifically, the weight W_(k)(x) associated with the k-thneighboring sample is defined as follows:

W _(k)(x)=Distance_(k)×Range_(k)(x).  (2)

Herein,

${Distance}_{k} = {{{e^{({- \frac{10000}{2\sigma_{d}^{2}}})}/1} + {4*e^{({- \frac{10000}{2\sigma_{d}^{2}}})}{and}{Range}_{k}(x)}} = {e^{({- \frac{x^{2}}{8*{({{QP} - 17})}*{({{QP} - 17})}}})}.}}$

Herein, σ_(d) is dependent on the coded mode and coding block sizes. Thedescribed filtering process is applied to intra-coded blocks, andinter-coded blocks when TU is further split, to enable parallelprocessing.

To better capture statistical properties of video signal, and improveperformance of the filter, weights function resulted from Equation (2)are being adjusted by the σ_(d) parameter, tabulated in Table 4 as beingdependent on coding mode and parameters of block partitioning (minimalsize).

TABLE 4 Value of σ_(d) for different block sizes and coding modes Min(block width, block height) Intra mode Inter mode 4 82 62 8 72 52 Other52 32

To further improve the coding performance, for inter-coded blocks whenTU is not split, the intensity difference between current sample and oneof its neighboring samples is replaced by a representative intensitydifference between two windows covering current sample and theneighboring sample. Therefore, the equation of filtering process isrevised to:

$\begin{matrix}{P_{0,0}^{\prime} = {P_{0,0} + {\sum_{k = 1}^{N}{{W_{k}\left( {\frac{1}{M}{\sum_{m = {- M/2}}^{M/2}{{abs}\left( {P_{k,m} - P_{0,m}} \right)}}} \right)} \times \left( {P_{k,0} - P_{0,0}} \right)}}}} & (4)\end{matrix}$

Herein, P_(k,m) and P_(0,m) represent the m-th sample value within thewindows centered at P_(k,0) and P_(0,0), respectively. In this proposal,the window size is set to 3×3. An example of two windows coveringP_(2,0) and P_(0,0) are depicted in FIG. 25 .

2.7.3 Hadamard Transform Domain Filter (HF)

In JVET-K0068, in-loop filter in 1D Hadamard transform domain which isapplied on CU level after reconstruction and has multiplication freeimplementation. Proposed filter is applied for all CU blocks that meetthe predefined condition and filter parameters are derived from thecoded information.

Proposed filtering is always applied to luma reconstructed blocks withnon-zero transform coefficients, excluding 4×4 blocks and if slicequantization parameter is larger than 17. The filter parameters areexplicitly derived from the coded information. Proposed filter, ifapplied, is performed on decoded samples right after inverse transform.

For each pixel from reconstructed block pixel processing comprises thefollowing steps:

-   -   Scan 4 neighboring pixels around processing pixel including        current one according to scan pattern    -   4 point Hadamard transform of read pixels    -   Spectrum filtering based on the following formula:

${F\left( {i,\sigma} \right)} = {\frac{{R(i)}^{2}}{{R(i)}^{2} + \sigma^{2}}*{R(i)}}$

Herein, (i) is index of spectrum component in Hadamard spectrum, R(i) isspectrum component of reconstructed pixels corresponding to index, a isfiltering parameter deriving from codec quantization parameter QP usingfollowing equation:

σ=2^((1+0.126*(QP−27))).

The example of scan pattern is shown in FIG. 26 , wherein A is thecurrent pixel and {B,C,D} are surrounding pixels.

For pixels laying on CU boundary, the scan pattern is adjusted ensuringall required pixels are within current CU.

3 Drawbacks of Existing Implementations

In existing ILR implementations, the following drawbacks may exist:

1) Signaling of ILR side information at tile group header is not propersince it requires too many bits. In addition, prediction among differentpictures/tile groups is disallowed. Therefore, for each tile group, theside information of ILR need to be transmitted which may cause codingloss under low bitrates, especially for low resolution.

2) Interaction between ILR and DMVR (or other newly introduced codingtools) is unclear. For example, ILR is applied to the inter-predictionsignal to convert the original signal to the reshaped domain and decodedresiduals are in the reshaped domain. While DMVR also relies on theprediction signal to refine motion vectors for one block. Whether toapply DMVR in original domain or the reshaped domain is unclear.

3) Interaction between ILR and screen content coding tools, e.g.palette, B-DPCM, IBC, transform skip, transquant-bypass, I-pulse codemodulation (PCM) modes, is not clear.

4) Luma-dependent chroma residue scaling is used in ILR. Therefore,additional delay (due to dependency between luma and chroma) isintroduced which is not beneficial for hardware design.

5) The goal of VPDU is to guarantee completion of the processing of one64×64 square region before starting the processing of other 64×64 squareregions. However, according to the design of ILR, there is norestriction on the usage of ILR which may cause violation of VPDU sincechroma relies on the luma's prediction signal.

6) When all zero coefficients happen for one CU, the prediction blockand reconstruction block still perform forward and inverse reshapingprocesses, which waste computational complexity.

7) In JVET-N0138, it is proposed to signal the ILR information in APS.Several new problems may be caused by this solution. For example, twokinds of APS are designed. But the adaptation_parameter_set_id signaledfor ILR may refer to an APS that does not contain ILR information.Similarly, adaptation_parameter_set_id signaled for adaptive loopfiltering (ALF) may refer to an APS that does not contain ALFinformation.

4 Example Methods for In-Loop Reshaping for Video Coding

Embodiments of the presently disclosed disclosure overcome the drawbacksof existing implementations, thereby providing video coding with highercoding efficiencies. The methods of in-loop reshaping, based on thedisclosed technology, may enhance both existing and future video codingstandards, is elucidated in the following examples described for variousimplementations. The examples of the disclosed embodiments providedbelow explain general concepts, and are not meant to be interpreted aslimiting. In an example, unless explicitly indicated to the contrary,the various features described in these examples may be combined. Itshould be noted that some of the proposed technologies could be appliedto existing candidate list construction process.

In this disclosure, decoder side motion vector derivation (DMVD)includes methods like DMVR and frame rate up conversion (FRUC) whichperform motion estimation to derive or refine the block/sub-block motioninformation, and Bi-directional Optical flow (BIO) which performssample-wise motion refinement. Various examples (Examples 1 to 42) areprovided in a numbered list below.

-   -   1. Motion information refinement process in the DMVD        technologies, such as DMVR, may depend on information in the        reshaped domain.        -   a. In one example, the prediction blocks generated from            reference pictures in the original domain may be firstly            converted to the reshaped domain before being used for            motion information refinement.            -   i. Alternatively, furthermore, the cost calculations                (e.g., SAD, MR-SAD)/gradient calculations are performed                in the reshaped domain.            -   ii. Alternatively, furthermore, after motion information                is refined, the reshaping process is disabled for                prediction blocks generated with the refined motion                information.        -   b. Alternatively, motion information refinement process in            the DMVD technologies, such as DMVR, may depend on            information in the original domain.            -   i. DMVD processes may be invoked with prediction blocks                in the original domain.            -   ii. In one example, after motion information refinement,                the prediction blocks obtained with the refined motion                information or the final prediction block (e.g., the                weighted average of two prediction blocks) may be                further converted to the reshaped domain to generate the                final reconstruction block. iii. Alternatively,                furthermore, after motion information is refined, the                reshaping process is disabled for prediction blocks                generated with the refined motion information.    -   2. It is proposed to align the domain for samples in current        tile/tile group/picture and samples derived from reference        pictures (either both in original domain or reshaped domain)        utilized to derive local illumination compensation (LIC)        parameters.        -   a. In one example, the reshaped domain is utilized to derive            LIC parameters.            -   i. Alternatively, furthermore, the samples (e.g.,                reference samples in reference pictures (via                interpolation or not) as well as                neighboring/non-adjacent samples of the reference                samples (via interpolation or not)) may be firstly                converted to the reshaped domain before being used to                derive LIC parameters.        -   b. In one example, the original domain is utilized to derive            LIC parameters.            -   i. Alternatively, furthermore, the spatially                neighboring/non-adjacent samples of current block (e.g.,                in current tile group/picture/tile) may be firstly                converted to the original domain before being used to                derive LIC parameters.        -   c. It is proposed that when LIC parameters are derived in            one domain, the same domain of prediction blocks should be            used when applying LIC parameters to the prediction blocks.            -   i. In one example, when bullet a. is invoked, the                reference blocks may be converted to the reshaped                domain, and LIC model is applied to the reshaped                reference blocks.            -   ii. In one example, when bullet b. is invoked, the                reference blocks are kept in the original domain, and                LIC model is applied to the reference blocks in the                original domain.        -   d. In one example, LIC model is applied to the prediction            blocks in the reshaped domain (e.g., prediction blocks are            firstly converted to the reshaped domain via forward            reshaping).        -   e. In one example, LIC model is firstly applied to the            prediction blocks in the original domain, afterwards, the            final prediction block dependent on the LIC-applied            prediction blocks may be then converted to the reshaped            domain (e.g., via forward reshaping) and utilized to derive            the reconstruction block.        -   f. The above methods may be extended to other coding tools            which rely on both spatially neighboring/non-adjacent            samples and reference samples in reference pictures.    -   3. For filters applied to prediction signal (such as the        Diffusion Filter (DF)), filter is applied to the prediction        block in the original domain.        -   a. Alternatively, furthermore, afterwards, reshaping is            applied to the filtered prediction signal to generate the            reconstruction block.        -   b. An example of the process for inter-coding is depicted in            FIG. 27 .        -   c. Alternatively, filters are applied to the prediction            signal in the reshape domain.            -   i. Alternatively, furthermore, reshaping is firstly                applied to the prediction block; afterwards, the                filtering methods may be further applied to the reshaped                prediction block to generate the reconstruction block.            -   ii. An example of the process for inter-coding is                depicted in FIG. 28 .        -   d. Filter parameters may depend on whether ILR is enabled or            not.    -   4. For filters applied to reconstruction blocks (e.g., bilateral        filter (BF), Hadamard transform domain filter (HF)), filters are        applied to the reconstruction blocks in the original domain        instead of reshaped domain.        -   a. Alternatively, furthermore, the reconstruction block in            the reshaped domain is firstly converted to the original            domain, afterwards, filters may be applied and utilized to            generate the reconstruction block.        -   b. An example of the process for inter-coding is depicted in            FIG. 29 .        -   c. Alternatively, filters may be applied to the            reconstruction block in the reshaped domain.            -   i. Alternatively, furthermore, before applying reverse                reshaping, filters may be applied firstly. Afterwards,                the filtered reconstruction block may be then converted                to the original domain.            -   ii. An example of the process for inter-coding is                depicted in FIG. 30 .        -   d. Filter parameters may depend on whether ILR is enabled or            not.    -   5. It is proposed to apply the filtering process which may apply        to the reconstruction blocks (e.g., after intra/inter or other        kinds of prediction methods) in the reshaped domain.        -   a. In one example, the deblocking filter (DBF) process is            performed in the reshaped domain. In this case, inverse            reshaping is not applied before DBF.            -   i. In this case, the DBF parameters may be different                depending on whether reshaping is applied or not.            -   ii. In one example, DBF process may depend on whether                reshaping is enabled or not.                -   1. In one example, this method is applied when DBF                    is invoked in the original domain.                -   2. Alternatively, this method is applied when DBF is                    invoked in the reshaped domain.        -   b. In one example, the sample adaptive offset (SAO)            filtering process is performed in the reshaped domain. In            this case, inverse reshaping is not applied before SAO.        -   c. In one example, the adaptive loop filter (ALF) filtering            process is performed in the reshaped domain. In this case,            inverse reshaping is not applied before ALF.        -   d. Alternatively, furthermore, inverse reshaping may be            applied to the blocks after the DBF.        -   e. Alternatively, furthermore, inverse reshaping may be            applied to the blocks after the SAO.        -   f. Alternatively, furthermore, inverse reshaping may be            applied to the blocks after the ALF.        -   g. The abovementioned filtering method may be replaced by            other kinds of filtering methods.    -   6. It is proposed to signal ILR parameters in a new parameter        set (such as ILR APS) instead of tile group headers.        -   a. In one example, the tile group header may contain an            aps_id. Alternatively, furthermore, aps_id is conditionally            present when ILR is enabled.        -   b. In one example, the ILR APS contains an aps_id and the            ILR parameters.        -   c. In one example, a new NUT (NAL unit type, as in AVC and            HEVC) value is assigned for the ILR APS.        -   d. In one example, the range of ILR APS ID values will be 0            . . . M (e.g., M=2K−1).        -   e. In one example, ILR APSs may be shared across pictures            (and can be different in different tile groups within a            picture).        -   f. In one example, the ID value may be fixed-length coded            when present. Alternatively, it may be coded with            exponential-Golomb (EG) coding, truncated unary or other            binarization methods.        -   g. In one example, ID values cannot be re-used with            different content within the same picture.        -   h. In one example, the ILR APS and the APS for ALF            parameters may share the same NUT.        -   i. Alternatively, ILR parameters may be carried with the            current APS for ALF parameters. In this case, the above            methods which mention ILR APS may be replaced by the current            APS.        -   j. Alternatively, the ILR parameters may be carried in the            SPS/VPS/PPS/sequence header/picture header.        -   k. In one example, ILR parameters may include reshaper model            information, usage of ILR method, chroma residual scaling            factors.        -   l. Alternatively, furthermore, ILR parameters may be            signalled in one level (such as in APS), and/or usage of ILR            may be further signalled in a second level (such as tile            group header).        -   m. Alternatively, furthermore, predictive coding may be            applied to code ILR parameters with different APS indices.    -   7. Instead of applying the Luma-dependent chroma residue scaling        (LCRS) to chroma blocks, it is proposed to apply the        forward/inverse reshaping processes to chroma blocks to remove        the dependency between luma and chroma.        -   a. In one example, one M-piece piece-wise linear (PWL) model            and/or forward/backward look-up table may be utilized for            one chroma component. Alternatively, two PWL models and/or            forward/backward look-up tables may be utilized for coding            the two chroma components respectively.        -   b. In one example, chroma's PWL model and/or            forward/backward look-up table may be derived from luma's            PWL model and/or forward/backward look-up tables.            -   i. In one example, there is no need to further signal                chroma's PWL models/look-up tables.        -   c. In one example, chroma's PWL model and/or            forward/backward look-up table may be signaled in            SPS/VPS/APS/PPS/sequence header/picture header/tile group            header/tile header/CTU row/group of CTUs/regions.    -   8. In one example, how to signal the ILR parameters of one        picture/tile group may depend on ILR parameters of previously        coded pictures/tile groups.        -   a. For example, the ILR parameters of one picture/tile group            may be predicted by ILR parameters of one or multiple            previously coded pictures/tile groups.    -   9. It is proposed to disable Luma-dependent chroma residue        scaling (LCRS) for certain block dimensions/temporal layers/tile        group types/picture types/coded modes/certain type of motion        information.        -   a. In one example, even when the forward/inverse reshaping            process is applied to luma blocks, the LCRS may not be            applied to the corresponding chroma blocks.        -   b. Alternatively, even when the forward/inverse reshaping            process is not applied to luma blocks, the LCRS may still be            applied to the corresponding chroma blocks.        -   c. In one example, LCRS is not used when cross-component            linear model (CCLM) modes are applied. CCLM modes includes            LM, LM-A and LM-L.        -   d. In one example, LCRS is not used when cross-component            linear model (CCLM) modes are not applied. CCLM modes            includes LM, LM-A and LM-L.        -   e. In one example, when the coded luma block exceeds one            VPDU (e.g., 64×64).            -   i. In one example, when a luma block size contains                smaller than M*H samples, e.g., 16 or 32 or 64 luma                samples, LCRS is not allowed.            -   ii. Alternatively, when minimum size of a luma block's                width or/and height is smaller than or no larger than X,                LCRS is not allowed. In one example, X is set to 8.            -   iii. Alternatively, when minimum size of a luma block's                width or/and height is no smaller than X, LCRS is not                allowed. In one example, X is set to 8.            -   iv. Alternatively, when a block's width >th1 or >=th1                and/or a luma block's height >th2 or >=th2, LCRS is not                allowed. In one example, th1 and/or th2 is set to 8.                -   1. In one example, th1 and/or th2 is set to 128.                -   2. In one example, th1 and/or th2 is set to 64.            -   v. Alternatively, when a luma block's width <th1 or                <=th1 and/or a luma block's height <th2 or <a=th2, LCRS                is not allowed. In one example, th1 and/or th2 is set to                8.    -   10. Whether to disable ILR (forward reshaping process and/or        inverse reshaping process) may depend on the coefficients.        -   a. In one example, when one block is coded with all zero            coefficients, the process of forward reshaping applied to            prediction blocks is skipped.        -   b. In one example, when one block is coded with all zero            coefficients, the process of inverse reshaping applied to            reconstruction blocks is skipped.        -   c. In one example, when one block is coded with only one            non-zero coefficient located at certain positions (e.g., DC            coefficient located at the top-left position of one block, a            coefficient located at the top-left coding group within one            block) the process of forward reshaping applied to            prediction blocks and/or inverse reshaping applied to            reconstruction blocks is skipped.        -   d. In one example, when one block is coded with only M            (e.g., M=1) non-zero coefficients, the process of forward            reshaping applied to prediction blocks and/or inverse            reshaping applied to reconstruction blocks is skipped.    -   11. It is proposed to split the ILR application region into        virtual pipeline data units (VPDU) units if the coded block        exceeds one VPDU. Each application region (e.g., with maximum        size of 64×64) is considered as an individual CU for ILR        operation.        -   a. In one example, when a block's width >th1 or >=th1 and/or            a block's height >th2 or >=th2, it may be split into            sub-blocks with width <th1 or <=th1 and/or height <th2 or            <=th2, and ILR may be performed for each sub-block.            -   i. In one example, sub-blocks may be with same width                or/and height.            -   ii. In one example, sub-blocks excluding that are at the                right boundary or/and the bottom boundary may be with                same width or/and height.            -   iii. In one example, sub-blocks excluding that are at                the left boundary or/and the top boundary may be with                same width or/and height.        -   b. In one example, when a block's size (i.e.,            width*height) >th3 or >=th3, it may be split into sub-blocks            with size <th3 or <=th3, and ILR may be performed for each            sub-block.            -   i. In one example, sub-blocks may be with same size.            -   ii. In one example, sub-blocks excluding that are at the                right boundary or/and the bottom boundary may be with                same size.            -   iii. In one example, sub-blocks excluding that are at                the left boundary or/and the top boundary may be with                same size.        -   c. Alternatively, usage of ILR is only restricted to certain            block dimensions.            -   i. In one example, when the coded block exceeds one VPDU                (e.g., 64×64), ILR is disallowed.            -   ii. In one example, when a block size contains smaller                than M*H samples, e.g., 16 or 32 or 64 luma samples, ILR                is not allowed.            -   iii. Alternatively, when minimum size of a block's width                or/and height is smaller than or no larger than X, ILR                is not allowed. In one example, X is set to 8.            -   iv. Alternatively, when minimum size of a block's width                or/and height is no smaller than X, ILR is not allowed.                In one example, X is set to 8.            -   v. Alternatively, when a block's width >th1 or >=th1                and/or a block's height >th2 or >=th2, ILR is not                allowed. In one example, th1 and/or th2 is set to 8.                -   1. In one example, th1 and/or th2 is set to 128.                -   2. In one example, th1 and/or th2 is set to 64.            -   vi. Alternatively, when a block's width <th1 or <=th1                and/or a block's height <th2 or <a=th2, ILR is not                allowed. In one example, th1 and/or th2 is set to 8.    -   12. The above methods (e.g., whether to disable ILR and/or        whether to disable LCRS and/or whether to signal PWL/look-up        tables for chroma coding) may depend on the color format, such        as 4:4:4/4:2:0.    -   13. Indication of enabling ILR (e.g.,        tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag) may be coded under the        condition of indications of presented reshaper model (e.g.,        tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag).        -   a. Alternatively, tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag may            be coded under the condition of            tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag.        -   b. Alternatively, only one of the two syntax elements,            including tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag and            tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag may be coded. The value of            the other one is set equal to the one that may be signalled.    -   14. Different clipping methods may be applied to the prediction        signal and reconstruction process.        -   a. In one example, adaptively clipping method may be applied            and the maximum and minimum values to be clipped may be            defined in the reshaped domain.        -   b. In one example, the adaptively clipping may be applied to            the prediction signal in the reshaped domain.        -   c. Alternatively, furthermore, the fixed clipping (e.g.,            according to the bit-depth) may be applied to the            reconstruction block.    -   15. The filter parameters (such as that used in DF, BF, 1F) may        depend on whether ILR is enabled or not.    -   16. It is proposed that for blocks coded in Palette mode, ILR is        disabled or applied differently.        -   a. In one example, when a block is coded in Palette mode,            reshaping and inverse reshaping are skipped.        -   b. Alternatively, when a block is coded in Palette mode, a            different reshaping and inverse reshaping functions may be            applied.    -   17. Alternatively, when ILR is applied, Palette mode may be        coded differently.        -   a. In one example, when ILR is applied, Palette mode may be            coded in the original domain.        -   b. Alternatively, when ILR is applied, Palette mode may be            coded in the reshaped domain.        -   c. In one example, when ILR is applied, Palette predictors            may be signaled in the original domain.        -   d. Alternatively, palette predictors may be signalled in the            reshaped domain.    -   18. It is proposed that for blocks coded in IBC mode, ILR is        disabled or applied differently.        -   a. In one example, when a block is coded in IBC mode,            reshaping and inverse reshaping are skipped.        -   b. Alternatively, when a block is coded in IBC mode, a            different reshaping and inverse reshaping is applied.    -   19. Alternatively, when ILR is applied, IBC mode may be coded        differently.        -   a. In one example, when ILR is applied, IBC may be performed            in the original domain.        -   b. Alternatively, when ILR is applied, IBC may be performed            in the reshaped domain.    -   20. It is proposed that for blocks coded in B-DPCM mode, ILR is        disabled or applied differently.        -   a. In one example, when a block is coded in B-DPCM mode,            reshaping and inverse reshaping are skipped.        -   b. Alternatively, when a block is coded in B-DPCM mode, a            different reshaping and inverse reshaping is applied.    -   21. Alternatively, when ILR is applied, B-DPCM mode may be coded        differently.        -   a. In one example, when ILR is applied, B-DPCM may be            performed in the original domain.        -   b. Alternatively, when ILR is applied, B-DPCM may be            performed in the reshaped domain.    -   22. It is proposed that for blocks coded in transform skip mode,        ILR is disabled or applied differently.        -   a. In one example, when a block is coded in transform skip            mode, reshaping and inverse reshaping are skipped.        -   b. Alternatively, when a block is coded in transform skip            mode, a different reshaping and inverse reshaping may be            applied.    -   23. Alternatively, when ILR is applied, transform skip mode may        be coded differently.        -   a. In one example, when ILR is applied, transform skip may            be performed in the original domain.        -   b. Alternatively, when ILR is applied, transform skip may be            performed in the reshaped domain.    -   24. It is proposed that for blocks coded in I-PCM mode, ILR is        disabled or applied differently.        -   a. In one example, when a block is coded in Palette mode,            reshaping and inverse reshaping are skipped.        -   b. Alternatively, when a block is coded in Palette mode, a            different reshaping and inverse reshaping functions may be            applied.    -   25. Alternatively, when ILR is applied, I-PCM mode may be coded        differently.        -   a. In one example, when ILR is applied, I-PCM mode may be            coded in the original domain.        -   b. Alternatively, when ILR is applied, I-PCM mode may be            coded in the reshaped domain.    -   26. It is proposed that for blocks coded in transquant-bypass        mode, ILR is disabled or applied differently.        -   a. In one example, when a block is coded in            transquant-bypass mode, reshaping and inverse reshaping are            skipped.    -   27. Alternatively, when a block is coded in transquant-bypass        mode, a different reshaping and inverse reshaping functions are        applied.    -   28. For above bullets, when ILR is disabled, the forward        reshaping and/or inverse reshaping process may be skipped.        -   a. Alternatively, the prediction and/or reconstruction            and/or residual signal are in the original domain.        -   b. Alternatively, the prediction and/or reconstruction            and/or residual signal are in the reshaped domain.    -   29. Multiple reshaping/inverse reshaping functions (such as        multiple PWL models) may be allowed for coding one picture/one        tile group/one VPDU/one region/one CTU row/multiple CUs.        -   a. How to select from multiple functions may depend on block            dimension/coded mode/picture type/low delay check            flag/motion information/reference pictures/video content,            etc. al.        -   b. In one example, multiple sets of ILR side information            (e.g., reshaping/inverse reshaping functions) may be            signalled per SPS/VPS/PPS/sequence header/Picture            header/tile group header/tile header/regions/VPDU/ etc. al.            -   i. Alternatively, furthermore, predictive coding of ILR                side information may be utilized.        -   c. In one example, more then one aps_idx may be signalled in            PPS/Picture header/tile group header/tile            header/regions/VPDU/etc.    -   30. In one example, reshape information is signaled in a new        syntax set other than VPS, SPS, PPS, or APS. For example,        reshape information is signaled in a set denoted as        inloop_reshaping_parameter_set( ) (IRPS, or any other name).    -   a. An exemplary syntax design is as below. The added syntax is        highlighted in italics.

inloop_reshape_parameter_set_rbsp( ) { Descriptor inloop_reshaping_parameter_set_id u(5)   reshaper_model( ) irps_extension_flag u(1)  if(irps_extension_flag)  while( more_rbsp_data( ) )    irps_extension_data_flag u(1) rbsp_trailing_bits( ) }inloop_reshaping_parameter_set_id provides an identifier for the IRPSfor reference by other syntax elements.

-   -   NOTE—IRPSs can be shared across pictures and can be different in        different tile groups within a picture.        irps_extension_flag equal to 0 specifies that no        irps_extension_data_flag syntax elements are present in the IRPS        RBSP syntax structure. irps_extension_flag equal to 1 specifies        that there are irps_extension_data_flag syntax elements present        in the IRPS RBSP syntax structure. irps_extension_data_flag may        have any value. Its presence and value do not affect decoder        conformance to profiles specified in this version of this        Specification. Decoders conforming to this version of this        Specification shall ignore all irpsextension_data_flag syntax        elements.    -   b. An exemplary syntax design is as below. The added syntax is        highlighted in italics.

General Tile Group Header Syntax and Semantics

tile_group_header( ) { Descriptor  ... if ( sps_reshaper_enabled_flag ) {  tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag u(1)  if ( tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag )    

 

  tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag u(1)  if ( tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag && (!( qtbtt_dual_tree_intra_flag && tile_group_type == I ) ) )   tile_group_reshaper_chroma_residual_scale_flag u(1)  }  ... }tile_group_irps_id specifies the inloop_reshaping_parameter_set_id ofthe IRPS that the tile group refers to. The TemporalId of the IRPS NALunit having inloop_reshaping_parameter_set_id equal totile_group_irps_id shall be less than or equal to the TemporalId of thecoded tile group NAL unit.

-   -   31. In one example, IRL information is signaled together with        ALF information in APS.    -   a. An exemplary syntax design is as below. The added syntax is        highlighted in italics.

Adaptation Parameter Set Syntax and Semantics

adaptation_parameter_set_rbsp( ) { Descriptor adaptation_parameter_set_id u(5)   alf_data( )   reshaper_model( ) aps_extension_flag u(1)  if( aps_extension_flag )  while( more_rbsp_data( ) )    aps_extension_data_flag u(1) rbsp_trailing_bits( ) }

-   -   b. In one example, one tile_group_aps_id is signaled in tile        group header to specify the adaptation_parameter_set_id of the        APS that the tile group refers to. Both ALF information and ILR        information for the current tile group are signaled in the        specified APS.        -   i. An exemplary syntax design is as below. The added syntax            is highlighted in italics.

  if ( tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag || tile_group_alf_enabled_flag)  tile_group_aps_id

-   -   32. In one example, ILR information and ALF information signaled        in different APSs.        -   a. a first ID (may named as tile_group_aps_id_alf) is            signaled in tile group header to specify a first            adaptation_parameter_set_id of a first APS that the tile            group refers to. ALF information for the current tile group            is signaled in the specified first APS.        -   b. a second ID (may named as tile_group_aps_id_irps) is            signaled in tile group header to specify a second            adaptation_parameter_set_id of a second APS that the tile            group refers to. ILR information for the current tile group            is signaled in the specified second APS.        -   c. In one example, the first APS must have ALF information            in a conformance bit-stream;        -   d. In one example, the second APS must have ILR information            in a conformance bit-stream;        -   e. An exemplary syntax design is as below. The added syntax            is highlighted in italics.

  if( sps_alf_enabled_flag ) {  tile_group_alf_enabled_flag u(1) if( tile_group_alf_enabled_flag )   tile_group_aps_id_alf u(5) }

tile_group_header( ) { Descriptor ...  if( sps_alf_enabled_flag ) {  tile_group_alf_enabled_flag u(1)   if( tile_group_alf_enabled_flag )   

u(5)  }  ...  if ( sps_reshaper_enabled_flag ) {  tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag u(1)  if ( tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag )    

  tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag u(1)  if ( tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag && (!( qtbtt_dual_tree_intra_flag && tile_group_type == I ) ) )   tile_group_reshaper_chroma_residual_scale_flag u(1)  }  ... }

-   -   33. In one example, some APSs with specified        adaptation_parameter_set_id must have ALF information. For        another example, some APSs with specified        adaptation_parameter_set_id must have ILR information.        -   a. For example, APSs with adaptation_parameter_set_id equal            to 2N must have ALF information. N is any integer;        -   b. For example, APSs with adaptation_parameter_set_id equal            to 2N+1 must have ILR information. N is any integer;        -   c. An exemplary syntax design is as below. The added syntax            is highlighted in italics.

adaptation_parameter_set_rbsp( ) { Descriptor adaptation_parameter_set_id u(5) if(adaptation_parameter_set_id %2== 0 )   alf_data( )  else  reshaper_model( )  aps_extension_flag u(1)  if( aps_extension_flag )  while( more_rbsp_data( ) )    aps_extension_data_flag u(1) rbsp_trailing_bits( ) }

  tile_group_header( ) { Descriptor ...  if( sps_alf_enabled_flag ) {  tile_group_alf_enabled_flag u(1)   if( tile_group_alf_enabled_flag )   

u(5)  }  ...  if ( sps_reshaper_enabled_flag ) {  tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag u(1)  if ( tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag )    

  tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag u(1)  if ( tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag && (!( qtbtt_dual_tree_intra_flag && tile_group_type == I ) ) )   tile_group_reshaper_chroma_residual_scale_flag u(1)  }  ... }

-   -   i. For example, 2*tile_group_aps_id_alf specify a first        adaptation_parameter_set_id of a first APS that the tile group        refers to. ALF information for the current tile group is        signaled in the specified first APS.    -   ii. For example, 2*tile_group_aps_id_irps+1 specify a second        adaptation_parameter_set_id of a second APS that the tile group        refers to. ILR information for the current tile group is        signaled in the specified second APS.    -   34. In one example, a tile group cannot refer to an APS (or        IRPS) signaled before a specified type of network abstraction        layer (NAL) unit, which is signaled before the current tile        group.        -   a. In one example, a tile group cannot refer to an APS (or            IRPS) signaled before a specified type of tile group, which            is signaled before the current tile group.        -   b. For example, a tile group cannot refer to an APS (or            IRPS) signaled before a SPS, which is signaled before the            current tile group.        -   c. For example, a tile group cannot refer to an APS (or            IRPS) signaled before a PPS, which is signaled before the            current tile group.        -   d. For example, a tile group cannot refer to an APS (or            IRPS) signaled before an Access unit delimiter NAL(AUD),            which is signaled before the current tile group.        -   e. For example, a tile group cannot refer to an APS (or            IRPS) signaled before a End of bitstream (EoB) NAL, which is            signaled before the current tile group.        -   f. For example, a tile group cannot refer to an APS (or            IRPS) signaled before an End of sequence (EoS) NAL, which is            signaled before the current tile group.        -   g. For example, a tile group cannot refer to an APS (or            IRPS) signaled before an instantaneous decoding refresh            (IDR) NAL, which is signaled before the current tile group.        -   h. For example, a tile group cannot refer to an APS (or            IRPS) signaled before a clean random access (CRA) NAL, which            is signaled before the current tile group.        -   i. For example, a tile group cannot refer to an APS (or            IRPS) signaled before an intra random access point (IRAP)            access unit, which is signaled before the current tile            group.        -   j. For example, a tile group cannot refer to an APS (or            IRPS) signaled before an I tile group (or picture, or            slice), which is signaled before the current tile group.        -   k. Methods disclosed in IDF-P1903237401H and            IDF-P1903234501H can also be applied when ILR information is            carried in APS or IRPS.    -   35. A conformance bitstream shall satisfy that when the in-loop        reshaping method is enabled for one video data unit (such as        sequence), default ILR parameters, such as a default model shall        be defined.        -   a. The sps_lmcs_default_model_present_flag shall be set to 1            when sps_lmcs_enabled_flag is set to 1.        -   b. The default parameters may be signalled under the            condition of ILR enabling flag instead of default model            present flag (such as sps_lmcs_default_model_present_flag).        -   c. For each tile group, a default model usage flag (such as            tile_group_lmcs_use_default_model_flag) may be signaled            without referring to the SPS default model usage flag.        -   d. A conformance bitstream shall satisfy that when there are            no ILR information in corresponding APS types for ILR, and            one video data unit (such as tile group) is forced to use            the ILR technology, the default model shall be utilized.        -   e. Alternatively, a conformance bitstream shall satisfy that            when there are no ILR information in corresponding APS types            for ILR, and one video data unit (such as tile group) is            forced to use the ILR technology (such as            tile_group_lmcs_enable_flag is equal to 1), the indication            of using default model shall be true, e.g.,            tile_group_lmcs_use_default_model_flag shall be 1.        -   f. It is constrained that default ILR parameters (such as            default model) shall be sent in a video data unit (such as            SPS).            -   i. Alternatively, furthermore, the default ILR                parameters shall be sent when the SPS flag which                indicates the usage of ILR is true.        -   g. It is constrained that there is at least one ILR APS sent            in a video data unit (such as SPS).            -   i. In one example, at least one ILR APS contains the                default ILR parameters (such as default model).    -   36. Default ILR parameters may be indicated by one flag. When        this flag tells default ILR parameters are utilized, there is no        need to further signal the ILR data.    -   37. The default ILR parameters may be predefined when it is not        signaled. For example, the default ILR parameters may correspond        to an identity mapping.    -   38. Temporal layer information may be signalled together with        the ILR parameters, such as in an ILR APS.        -   a. In one example, the temporal layer index may be signalled            in the lmcs_data( ).        -   b. In one example, the temporal layer index minus 1 may be            signalled in the lmcs_data( ).        -   c. Alternatively, furthermore, when coding/decoding one tile            group/tile, it is restricted to refer to those ILR APSs            which are associated with smaller or equal temporal layer            index.        -   d. Alternatively, when coding/decoding one tile group/tile,            it is restricted to refer to those ILR APSs which are            associated with smaller temporal layer index.        -   e. Alternatively, when coding/decoding one tile group/tile,            it is restricted to refer to those ILR APSs which are            associated with larger temporal layer index.        -   f. Alternatively, when coding/decoding one tile group/tile,            it is restricted to refer to those ILR APSs which are            associated with larger or equal temporal layer index.        -   g. Alternatively, when coding/decoding one tile group/tile,            it is restricted to refer to those ILR APSs which are            associated with equal temporal layer index.        -   h. In one example, whether the restrictions above are            applied may depend on a piece of information, which may be            signaled to the decoder or inferred by the decoder.    -   39. Temporal layer information may be signaled together with the        ALF parameters, such as in an ALF_APS.        -   a. In one example, the temporal layer index may be signalled            in the alf_data( ).        -   b. In one example, the temporal layer index minus 1 may be            signalled in the alf_data( ).        -   c. Alternatively, furthermore, when coding/decoding one tile            group/tile or one CTU within one tile/tile group, it is            restricted to refer to those ALF APSs which are associated            with smaller or equal temporal layer index.        -   d. Alternatively, when coding/decoding one tile group/tile,            it is restricted to refer to those ALF APSs which are            associated with smaller temporal layer index.        -   e. Alternatively, when coding/decoding one tile group/tile,            it is restricted to refer to those ALF APSs which are            associated with larger temporal layer index.        -   f. Alternatively, when coding/decoding one tile group/tile,            it is restricted to refer to those ALF APSs which are            associated with larger or equal temporal layer index.        -   g. Alternatively, when coding/decoding one tile group/tile,            it is restricted to refer to those ALF APSs which are            associated with equal temporal layer index.        -   h. In one example, whether the restrictions above are            applied may depend on a piece of information, which may be            signaled to the decoder or inferred by the decoder.    -   40. In one example, the reshape mapping between the original        samples and reshaped samples may not be a positive relationship        that is, one larger value is disallowed to be mapped to a        smaller value.        -   a. For example, the reshape mapping between the original            samples and reshaped samples may be a negative relationship,            wherein for two values, the larger one in the original            domain may be mapped to a smaller value in the reshaped            domain.    -   41. In a conformance bitstream, the syntax element        aps_params_type is only allowed to be several predefined values,        such as 0 and 1.        -   a. In another example, it is only allowed to be 0 and 7.    -   42. In one example, the default ILR information must be signaled        if ILR can be applied (e.g. sps_lmcs_enabled_flag is true).

5 Example Implementations of the Disclosed Technology

In some embodiments, tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag is conditionallypresent when tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag is enabled. Theadded syntax is highlighted in italics.

In 7.3.3.1 General tile group header syntax

tile_group_header( ) { Descriptor ... if( num_tiles_in_tile_group_minus1 > 0 ) {   offset_len_minus1 ue(v)  for( i = 0; i < num_tiles_in_tile_group_minus1; i++ )   entry_point_offset_minus1[ i ] u(v)  } if ( sps_reshaper_enabled_flag ) {  tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag u(1)  if ( tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag ) {   tile_group_reshaper_model ( )    tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag u(1)  }   if ( tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag && (!( qtbtt_dual_tree_intra_flag && tile_group_type == I ) ) )   tile_group_reshaper_chroma_residual_scale_flag u(1)  } byte_alignment( ) }Alternatively, tile_group_reshaper_model present_flag is conditionallypresent when tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag is enabled.

tile_group_header( ) { Descriptor ... if( num_tiles_in_tile_group_minus1 > 0 ) {   offset_len_minus1 ue(v)  for( i = 0; i < num_tiles_in_tile_group_minus1; i++ )   entry_point_offset_minus1[ i ] u(v)  } if ( sps_reshaper_enabled_flag ) {   

u(1)   if (tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag) {   tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag u(1)   if ( tile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag )    tile_group_reshaper_model ( )   }   

u(1)   if ( tile_group_reshaper_enable_flag && (!( qtbtt_dual_tree_intra_flag && tile_group_type == I ) ) )   tile_group_reshaper_chroma_residual_scale_flag u(1)  } byte_alignment( ) }Alternatively, only one of the two syntax elementstile_group_reshaper_model_present_flag ortile_group_reshaper_enable_flag may be signalled. The one that is notsignalled is inferred to be equal to the one that may be signalled. Inthis case, the one syntax element controls the usage of ILR.Alternatively, the conformance bitstream requires thattile_group_reshaper_model present_flag should be equal totile_group_reshaper_enable_flag.

Alternatively, tile_group_reshaper_model present_flag and/orfile_group_reshaper_enable_flag and/or tile_group_reshaper_model ( ),and/or tile_group_reshaper_chroma_residual_scale_flag may be signalledin APS instead of tile group header.

Embodiment #2 on top of JVET-N0805. The added syntax is highlighted initalics.

seq_parameter_set_rbsp( ) { Descriptor ...  sps_lmcs_enabled_flag u(1) if( sps_lmcs_enabled_flag ) {   

 

  lmcs_data( ) ... }sps_lmcs_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that luma mapping with chromascaling is used in the coded video sequence (CVS). sps_lmcs_enabled_flagequal to 0 specifies that luma mapping with chroma scaling is not usedin the CVS.sps_lmcs_default_model_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that defaultlmcs data is present in this SPS. sps_lmcs_default_model_flag equal to 0specifies that default lmcs data is not present in this SPS. When notpresent, the value of sps_lmcs_default_model_present_flag is inferred tobe equal to 0.

adaptation_parameter_set_rbsp( ) { Descriptor adaptation_parameter_set_id u(5)  aps_params_type u(3) if( aps_params_type = = ALF_APS ) // 0   alf_data( ) else if ( aps_params_type = = LMCS_APS ) // 1   lmcs_data( ) aps_extension_flag u(1)  if( aps_extension_flag )  while( more_rbsp_data( ) )    aps_extension_data_flag u(1) rbsp_trailing_bits( ) }aps_params_type specifies the type of APS parameters carried in the APSas specified in the following table:

TABLE 7-x APS parameters type codes and types of APS parameters Name ofaps_params_type aps_params_type Type of APS parameters 0 ALF_APS ALFparameters 1 LMCS_APS LMCS parameters 2 . . . 7 Reserved ReservedDescriptor tile_group_header( ) {  . . .  if( sps_alf_enabled_flag ) {  tile_group_alf_enabled_flag u(1)   if( tile_group_alf_enabled_flag )   tile_group_alf_aps_id u(5)  }  . . .  if( sps_lmcs_enabled_flag) {  tile_group_lmcs_enable_flag u(1)   if( tile_group_lmcs_enable_flag ) {   if( sps_lmcs_default_model_present_flag )    tile_group_lmcs_use_default_model_flag u(1)    if(!tile_group_lmcs_use_default_model_flag )     tile_group_lmcs_aps_idu(5)    if( !(qtbtt_dual_tree_intra_flag && tile_group_type = = I ) )    tile_group_chroma_residual_scale_flag u(1)   }  } . . .  if(NumTilesInCurrTileGroup > 1 ) {   offset_len_minus1 ue(v)   for( i = 0;i < NumTilesInCurrTileGroup − 1; i++ )    entry_point_offset_minus1[ i ]u(v)  }  byte_alignment( ) }ALF_APS: An APS that has aps_params_type equal to ALF_APS.LMCS_APS: An APS that has aps_params_type equal to LMCS_APS.Make the following semantics changes:. . .tile_group_alf_aps_id specifies the adaptation_parameter_set_id of theALF_APS that the tile group refers to. The TemporalId of the ALF_APS NALunit having adaptation_parameter_set_id equal to tile_group_alf_aps_idshall be less than or equal to the TemporalId of the coded tile groupNAL unit.When multiple ALF APSs with the same value ofadaptation_parameter_set_id are referred to by two or more tile groupsof the same picture, the multiple ALF APSs with the same value ofadaptation_parameter_set_id shall have the same content.. . .tile_group_lmcs_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that luma mapping withchroma scaling is enabled for the current tile group.tile_group_lmcs_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that luma mapping withchroma scaling is not enabled for the current tile group. Whentile_group_lmcs_enable_flag is not present, it is inferred to be equalto 0.tile_group_lmcs_use_default_model_flag equal to 1 specifies that lumamappin with chroma scaling operation for the tile group uses defaultlmcs model. tile_group_lmcs_use_default_model_flag equal to 0 specifiesthat that luma mappin with chroma scaling operation for the tile groupuses lmcs model in the LMCS_APS referred to by tile_group_lmcs_aps_id.When tile_group_reshaper_use_default_model_flag is not present, it isinferred to be equal to 0.tile_group_lmcs_aps_id specifies the adaptation_parameter_set_id of theLMCS_APS that the tile group refers to. The TemporalId of the LMCS_APSNAL unit having adaptation_parameter_set_id equal totile_group_lmcs_aps_id shall be less than or equal to the TemporalId ofthe coded tile group NAL unit.When multiple LMCS APSs with the same value ofadaptation_parameter_set_id are referred to by two or more tile groupsof the same picture, the multiple LMCS APSs with the same value ofadaptation_parameter_set_id shall have the same content.tile_group_chroma_residual_scale flag equal to 1 specifies that chromaresidual scaling is enabled for the current tile group.tile_group_chroma_residual_scale_flag equal to 0 specifies that chromaresidual scaling is not enabled for the current tile group. Whentile_group_chroma_residual_scale_flag is not present, it is inferred tobe equal to 0.

Luma Mapping with Chroma Scaling Data Syntax

lmcs_data ( ) { Descriptor  temporal_id u(3)   lmcs_min_bin_idx ue(v)  lmcs_delta_max_bin_idx ue(v)   lmcs_delta_cw_prec_minus1 ue(v)  for ( i = lmcs_min_bin_idx; i <=    LmcsMaxBinIdx; i++ ) {   lmcs_delta_abs_cw[ i ] u(v)    if ( lmcs_delta_abs_cw[ i ] ) > 0 )    lmcs_delta_sign_cw_flag[ i ] u(1)   } }

The examples described above may be incorporated in the context of themethod described below, e.g., methods as shown in FIGS. 31A to 39E,which may be implemented at a video decoder or a video encoder.

FIG. 31A shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3110 includes, at step 3112, performing, for a conversionbetween a current video block of a video and a coded representation ofthe video, a motion information refinement process based on samples in afirst domain or a second domain. The method 3110 includes, at step 3114,performing the conversion based on a result of the motion informationrefinement process. In some implementations, during the conversion, thesamples are obtained for the current video block from a first predictionblock in the first domain using an unrefined motion information, atleast a second prediction block is generated in the second domain usinga refined motion information used for determining a reconstructionblock, and reconstructed samples of the current video block aregenerated based on the at least the second prediction block

FIG. 31B shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3120 includes, at step 3122, reconstructing, based on the atleast one prediction block in the second domain, the current videoblock. In some implementations, during the conversion, the current videoblock is constructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/orchroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner. In someimplementations, a coding tool is applied during the conversion usingparameters that are derived at least based on first set of samples in avideo region of the video and second set of samples in a referencepicture of the current video block. In some implementations, a domainfor the first samples and a domain for the second samples are aligned.

FIG. 32A shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3210 includes, at step 3212, determining, for a current videoblock of a current video region of a video, a parameter for a codingmode of the current video block based on one or more parameters for acoding mode of a previous video region. The method 3210 furtherincludes, at step 3214, performing a coding for the current video blockto generate a coded representation of the video based on thedetermining. In some implementations, the parameter for the coding modeis included in a parameter set in the coded representation of the video.In some implementations, the performing of the coding comprisestransforming a representation of the current video block in a firstdomain to a representation of the current video block in a seconddomain. In some implementations, during the performing of the codingusing the coding mode, the current video block is constructed based onthe first domain and the second domain and/or chroma residue is scaledin a luma-dependent manner.

FIG. 32B shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3220 includes, at step 3222, receiving a coded representationof a video including a parameter set including parameter information fora coding mode. The method 3220 further includes, at step 3224,performing a decoding of the coded representation by using the parameterinformation to generate a current video block of a current video regionof the video from the coded representation. In some implementations, theparameter information for the coding mode is based on one or moreparameters for the coding mode of a previous video region. In someimplementations, in the coding mode, the current video block isconstructed based on the first domain and the second domain and/orchroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

FIG. 32C shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3230 includes, at step 3232, performing a conversion betweena current video block of a video and a coded representation of thevideo. In some implementations, the conversion includes applying afiltering operation to a prediction block in a first domain or in asecond domain different from the first domain.

FIG. 32D shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3240 includes, at step 3242, performing a conversion betweena current video block of a video and a coded representation of thevideo. In some implementations, during the conversion, a finalreconstruction block is determined for the current video block. In someimplementations, the temporary reconstruction block is generated using aprediction method and represented in the second domain.

FIG. 33 shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3300 includes, at step 3302, performing a conversion betweena current video block of a video region of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, wherein the conversion uses a coding modein which the current video block is constructed based on a first domainand a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner, and wherein a parameter set in the coded representationcomprises parameter information for the coding mode.

FIG. 34A shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3410 includes, at step 3412, performing a conversion betweena current video block of a video that is a chroma block and a codedrepresentation of the video, wherein, during the conversion, the currentvideo block is constructed based on a first domain and a second domain,and wherein the conversion further includes applying a forward reshapingprocess and/or an inverse reshaping process to one or more chromacomponents of the current video block.

FIG. 34B shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3420 includes, at step 3422, performing a conversion betweena current video chroma block of a video and a coded representation ofthe video, wherein the performing of the conversion includes:determining whether luma-dependent chroma residue scaling (LCRS) isenabled or disabled based on a rule, and reconstructing the currentvideo chroma block based on the determination.

FIG. 35A shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3510 includes, at step 3512, determining, for a conversionbetween a current video block of a video and a coded representation ofthe video, whether to disable using of a coding mode based on one ormore coefficient values of the current video block. The method 3510further includes, at step 3514, performing the conversion based on thedetermining. In some implementations, during the conversion using thecoding mode, the current video block is constructed based on a firstdomain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in aluma-dependent manner.

FIG. 35B shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3520 includes, at step 3522, dividing, for a conversionbetween a current video block of a video that exceeds a virtual pipelinedata unit (VPDU) of the video, the current video block into regions. Themethod 3520 further includes, at step 3524, performing the conversion byapplying a coding mode separately to each region. In someimplementations, during the conversion by applying the coding mode, thecurrent video block is constructed based on a first domain and a seconddomain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

FIG. 35C shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3530 includes, at step 3532, determining, for a conversionbetween a current video block of a video and a coded representation ofthe video, whether to disable using of a coding mode based on a size ora color format of the current video block. The method 3530 furtherincludes, at step 3534, performing the conversion based on thedetermining. In some implementations, during the conversion using thecoding mode, the current video block is constructed based on a firstdomain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in aluma-dependent manner.

FIG. 35D shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3540 includes, at step 3542, performing a conversion betweena current video block of a video and a coded representation of thevideo, wherein the conversion uses a coding mode in which the currentvideo block is constructed based on a first domain and a second domainand/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and whereinat least one syntax element in the coded representation provides anindication of a usage of the coding mode and an indication of a reshapermodel.

FIG. 35E shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3550 includes, at step 3552, determining that a coding modeis disabled for a conversion between a current video block of a videoand a coded representation of the video. The method 3550 furtherincludes, at step 3554, conditionally skipping a forward reshapingand/or inverse reshaping based on the determining. In someimplementations, in the coding mode, the current video block isconstructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

FIG. 35F shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3560 includes, at step 3562, performing a conversion betweena current video block of a video region of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, wherein the conversion uses a coding modein which the current video block is constructed based on a first domainand a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner, and wherein multiple forward reshaping and/or multiple inversereshaping are applied in the reshaping mode for the video region.

FIG. 36A shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3610 includes, at step 3612, making a determination that acoding mode is enabled for a conversion between a current video block ofa video and a coded representation of the video. The method 3610 furtherincludes, at step 3614, performing the conversion using a palette modewherein at least a palette of representative sample values is used forthe current video block. In some implementations, in the coding mode,the current video block is constructed based on samples in a firstdomain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in aluma-dependent manner.

FIG. 36B shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3620 includes, at step 3622, making a determination, for aconversion between a current video block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, that the current video block is coded in apalette mode in which at least a palette of representative sample valuesis used for coding the current video block. The method 3620 furtherincludes, at step 3624, performing, due to the determination, theconversion by disabling a coding mode. In some implementations, when thecoding mode is applied to a video block, the video block is constructedbased on chroma residue that is scaled in a luma-dependent manner

FIG. 36C shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3630 includes, at step 3632, performing a conversion betweena first video block of a video and a coded representation of the video,wherein the conversion uses a first coding mode and a palette codingmode in which at least a palette of representative pixel values is usedfor coding the current video block. The method 3630 further includes, atstep 3634, performing a conversion between a second video block of thevideo that is coded without using the palette coding mode and a codedrepresentation of the video, wherein the conversion of the second videoblock uses the first coding mode. When the first coding mode is appliedto a video block, the video block is constructed based on a first domainand a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner. In some implementations, the first coding mode is applied indifferent manners to the first video block and second video block.

FIG. 37A shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3710 includes, at step 3712, making a determination that acoding mode is enabled for a conversion between a current video block ofa video and a coded representation of the video. The method 3710 furtherincludes, at step 3714, performing the conversion using an intra blockcopy mode which generates a prediction block using at least a blockvector pointing to a picture that includes the current video block. Inthe coding mode, the current video block is constructed based on samplesin a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled ina luma-dependent manner.

FIG. 37B shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3720 includes, at step 3722, making a determination, for aconversion between a current video block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, that the current video block is coded in anintra block copy (IBC) mode that generates a prediction block using atleast a block vector pointing to a video frame containing the currentvideo block for coding the current video block. The method 3720 furtherincludes, at step 3724, performing, due to the determination, theconversion by disabling a coding mode. When the coding mode is appliedto a video block, the video block is constructed based on a first domainand a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner.

FIG. 37C shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3730 includes, at step 3732, performing a conversion betweena first video block of a video and a coded representation of the video,wherein the conversion uses an intra block copy mode that generates aprediction block using at least a block vector pointing to a video framecontaining the current video block and a first coding mode. The method3730 further includes, at step 3734, performing a conversion between asecond video block of the video that is coded without using the intrablock copy mode and a coded representation of the video, wherein theconversion of the second video block uses the first coding mode. Whenthe first coding mode is applied to a video block, the video block isconstructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and the first coding modeis applied in different manners to the first video block and to thesecond video block.

FIG. 38A shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3810 includes, at step 3812, making a determination that acoding mode is enabled for a conversion between a current video block ofa video and a coded representation of the video. The method 3810 furtherincludes, at step 3814, performing the conversion using a block-baseddelta pulse code modulation (BDPCM) mode. In the coding mode, thecurrent video block is constructed based on samples in a first domainand a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner

FIG. 38B shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3820 includes, at step 3822, making a determination, for aconversion between a current video block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, that the current video block is coded usinga block-based delta pulse code modulation (BDPCM) mode. The method 3820further includes, at step 3824, performing, due to the determination,the conversion by disabling a coding mode. When the coding mode isapplied to a video block, the video block is constructed based on afirst domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in aluma-dependent manner.

FIG. 38C shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3830 includes, at step 3832, performing a conversion betweena first video block of a video and a coded representation of the video,wherein the conversion of the first video block uses a first coding modeand a block-based delta pulse code modulation (BDPCM) mode. The method3830 further includes, at step 3834, performing a conversion between asecond video block of the video and a coded presentation of the video,wherein the second video block is coded without using the BDPCM mode andthe conversion of the second video block uses the first coding mode.When the first coding mode is applied to a video block, the video blockis constructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and the first coding modeis applied in different manners to the first video block and the secondvideo block.

FIG. 38D shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3840 includes, at step 3842, making a determination that acoding mode is enabled for a conversion between a current video block ofa video and a coded representation of the video. The method 3840 furtherincludes, at step 3844, performing the conversion using a transform skipmode in which a transform on a prediction residual is skipped in codingthe current video block. In the coding mode, the current video block isconstructed based on samples in a first domain and a second domainand/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

FIG. 38E shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3850 includes, at step 3852, making a determination, for aconversion between a current video block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, that the current video block is coded in atransform skip mode in which a transform on a prediction residual isskipped in coding the current video block. The method 3850 furtherincludes, at step 3854, performing, due to the determination, theconversion by disabling a coding mode. When the coding mode is appliedto a video block, the video block is constructed based on a first domainand a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner.

FIG. 38F shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3860 includes, at step 3862, performing a conversion betweena first video block of a video and a coded representation of the video,wherein the conversion of the first video block uses a first coding modeand a transform skip mode in which a transform on a prediction residualis skipped in coding the current video block. The method 3860 furtherincludes, at step 3864, performing a conversion between a second videoblock of the video and a coded representation of the video, wherein thesecond video block is coded without using the transform skip mode andthe conversion of the second video block uses the first coding mode.When the first coding mode is applied to a video block, the video blockis constructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and the first coding modeis applied in different manners to the first video block and the secondvideo block

FIG. 38G shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3870 includes, at step 3872, making a determination that acoding mode is enabled for a conversion between a current video block ofa video and a coded representation of the video. The method 3870 furtherincludes, at step 3874, performing the conversion using an intra pulsecode modulation mode in which the current video block is coded withoutapplying a transform and a transform-domain quantization. In the codingmode, the current video block is constructed based on samples in a firstdomain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in aluma-dependent manner.

FIG. 38H shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3880 includes, at step 3882, making a determination, for aconversion between a current video block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, that the current video block is coded in anintra pulse code modulation mode in which the current video block iscoded without applying a transform and a transform-domain quantization.The method 3880 further includes, at step 3884, performing, due to thedetermination, the conversion by disabling a coding mode. When thecoding mode is applied to a video block, the video block is constructedbased on a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue isscaled in a luma-dependent manner.

FIG. 38I shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3890 includes, at step 3892, performing a conversion betweena first video block of a video and a coded representation of the video,wherein the conversion of the first video block uses a first coding modeand an intra pulse code modulation mode in which the current video blockis coded without applying a transform and a transform-domainquantization. The method 3890 further includes, at step 3894, performinga conversion between a second video block of the video and a codedpresentation of the video, wherein the second video block is codedwithout using the intra pulse code modulation mode and the conversion ofthe second video block uses the first coding mode. When the first codingmode is applied to a video block, the video block is constructed basedon a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled ina luma-dependent manner, and the first coding mode is applied indifferent manners to the first video block and the second video block.

FIG. 38J shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3910 includes, at step 3912, making a determination that acoding mode is enabled for a conversion between a current video block ofa video and a coded representation of the video. The method 3910 furtherincludes, at step 3914, performing the conversion using a modifiedtransquant-bypass mode in which the current video block is losslesslycoded without a transform and a quantization. In the coding mode, thecurrent video block is constructed based on samples in a first domainand a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner.

FIG. 38K shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3920 includes, at step 3922, making a determination, for aconversion between a current video block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, that the current video block is coded in atransquant-bypass mode in which the current video block is losslesslycoded without a transform and a quantization. The method 3920 furtherincludes, at step 3924, performing, due to the determination, theconversion by disabling a coding mode. When the coding mode is appliedto a video block, the video block is constructed based on a first domainand a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner.

FIG. 38L shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3930 includes, at step 3932, performing a conversion betweena first video block of a video and a coded representation of the video,wherein the conversion of the first video block uses a first coding modeand a transquant-bypass mode in which the current video block islosslessly coded without a transform and a quantization. The method 3930further includes, at step 3934, performing a conversion between a secondvideo block of the video and a coded presentation of the video, whereinthe second video block is coded without using the transquant-bypass modeand the conversion of the second video block uses the first coding mode.When the first coding mode is applied to a video block, the video blockis constructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and the first coding modeis applied in different manners to the first video block and the secondvideo block.

FIG. 39A shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3940 includes, at step 3942, performing a conversion betweena current video block of a video and a coded representation of thevideo, wherein the conversion uses a coding mode in which the currentvideo block is constructed based on a first domain and a second domainand/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and whereininformation used for the coding mode is signaled in a parameter set thatis different from a sequence parameter set (SPS), a video parameter set(VPS), a picture parameter set (PPS), or an adaptation parameter set(APS) used for carrying adaptive loop filtering (ALF) parameters.

FIG. 39B shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3950 includes, at step 3952, performing a conversion betweena current video block of a video and a coded representation of thevideo, wherein the conversion uses a coding mode in which the currentvideo block is constructed based on a first domain and a second domainand/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and whereininformation used for the coding mode is signaled in an adaptationparameter set (APS) together with adaptive loop filtering (ALF)information, wherein the information used for the coding mode and theALF information are included in one NAL unit.

FIG. 39C shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3960 includes, at step 3962, performing a conversion betweena current video block of a video region of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, wherein the conversion uses a coding modein which the current video block is constructed based on a first domainand a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner, and wherein information used for the coding mode is signaled ina first type of adaptation parameter set (APS) that is different from asecond type of APS used for signaling adaptive loop filtering (ALF)information.

FIG. 39D shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3970 includes, at step 3972, performing a conversion betweena current video block of a video region of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, wherein the conversion uses a coding modein which the current video block is constructed based on a first domainand a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner, and wherein the video region is disallowed to refer to anadaptation parameter set or an parameter set that is signaled before aspecified type of data structure used for processing the video, andwherein the specified type of the data structure is signaled before thevideo region.

FIG. 39E shows a flowchart of an exemplary method for video processing.The method 3980 includes, at step 3982, performing a conversion betweena current video block of a video and a coded representation of thevideo, wherein the conversion uses a coding mode in which the currentvideo block is constructed based on a first domain and a second domainand/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and whereina syntax element of a parameter set including parameters used forprocessing the video has predefined values in a conformance bitstream.

FIG. 40A is a block diagram of a video processing apparatus 4000. Theapparatus 4000 may be used to implement one or more of the methodsdescribed herein. The apparatus 4000 may be embodied in a smartphone,tablet, computer, Internet of Things (IoT) receiver, and so on. Theapparatus 4000 may include one or more processors 4002, one or morememories 4004 and video processing hardware 4006. The processor(s) 4002may be configured to implement one or more methods (including, but notlimited to, methods as shown in FIGS. 31A to 39E) described in thepresent disclosure. The memory (memories) 4004 may be used for storingdata and code used for implementing the methods and techniques describedherein. The video processing hardware 4006 may be used to implement, inhardware circuitry, some techniques described in the present disclosure.

FIG. 40B is another example of a block diagram of a video processingsystem in which disclosed techniques may be implemented. FIG. 40B is ablock diagram showing an example video processing system 4100 in whichvarious techniques disclosed herein may be implemented. Variousimplementations may include some or all of the components of the system4100. The system 4100 may include input 4102 for receiving videocontent. The video content may be received in a raw or uncompressedformat, e.g., 8 or 10 bit multi-component pixel values, or may be in acompressed or encoded format. The input 4102 may represent a networkinterface, a peripheral bus interface, or a storage interface. Examplesof network interface include wired interfaces such as Ethernet, passiveoptical network (PON), etc. and wireless interfaces such as Wi-Fi orcellular interfaces.

The system 4100 may include a coding component 4104 that may implementthe various coding or encoding methods described in the presentdisclosure. The coding component 4104 may reduce the average bitrate ofvideo from the input 4102 to the output of the coding component 4104 toproduce a coded representation of the video. The coding techniques aretherefore sometimes called video compression or video transcodingtechniques. The output of the coding component 4104 may be eitherstored, or transmitted via a communication connected, as represented bythe component 4106. The stored or communicated bitstream (or coded)representation of the video received at the input 4102 may be used bythe component 4108 for generating pixel values or displayable video thatis sent to a display interface 4110. The process of generatinguser-viewable video from the bitstream representation is sometimescalled video decompression. Furthermore, while certain video processingoperations are referred to as “coding” operations or tools, it will beappreciated that the coding tools or operations are used at an encoderand corresponding decoding tools or operations that reverse the resultsof the coding will be performed by a decoder.

Examples of a peripheral bus interface or a display interface mayinclude universal serial bus (USB) or high definition multimediainterface (HDMI) or Displayport, and so on. Examples of storageinterfaces include serial advanced technology attachment (SATA),peripheral component interconnect (PCI), integrated drive electronics(IDE) interface, and the like. The techniques described in the presentdisclosure may be embodied in various electronic devices such as mobilephones, laptops, smartphones or other devices that are capable ofperforming digital data processing and/or video display.

In some embodiments, the video coding methods may be implemented usingan apparatus that is implemented on a hardware platform as describedwith respect to FIG. 40A or 40B.

Various techniques and embodiments may be described using the followingclause-based format.

The first set of clauses describe certain features and aspects of thedisclosed techniques listed in the previous section, including, forexample, Examples 1 and 2.

1. A method for video processing, comprising: performing, for aconversion between a current video block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, a motion information refinement processbased on samples in a first domain or a second domain; and performingthe conversion based on a result of the motion information refinementprocess, wherein, during the conversion, the samples are obtained forthe current video block from a first prediction block in the firstdomain using an unrefined motion information, at least a secondprediction block is generated in the second domain using a refinedmotion information used for determining a reconstruction block, andreconstructed samples of the current video block are generated based onthe at least the second prediction block.

2. The method of clause 1, wherein the at least second prediction blockis generated from samples in reference pictures in the first domainusing the refined motion information, and a reshaping process to convertthe first domain to the second domain is further applied to the at leastsecond prediction block.

3. The method of clause 2, after the reshaping process, the secondprediction block is converted into the representation in the seconddomain before being used to generate the reconstructed samples of thecurrent video block.

4. The method of clause 1, wherein the performing the motion informationrefinement process is based on a decoder-side motion vector derivation(DMVD) method.

5. The method of clause 4, wherein the DMVD method comprisesdecoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) or frame-rate up conversion(FRUC) or Bi-Directional Optical Flow (BIO).

6. The method of clause 4, wherein a cost calculation or a gradientcalculation in the DMVD process is performed based on samples in thefirst domain.

7. The method of clause 6, wherein the cost calculation comprises a sumof absolute differences (SAD) or a mean-removed sum of absolutedifferences (MR-SAD).

8. The method of clause 1, wherein the motion information refinementprocess is performed based on samples which are converted from thesamples in at least the first prediction block in the first domain tothe second domain, and wherein, after the refined motion information isobtained, a coding mode in which the current video block is constructedbased on a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue isscaled in a luma-dependent manner is disabled for at least the secondprediction block.

9. The method of clause 4, wherein the motion information refinementprocess is performed based on at least the first prediction block in thefirst domain, and wherein the motion information refinement process isinvoked with the first prediction block in the first domain.

10. The method of clause 1, wherein a final prediction block isgenerated as a weighted average of two second prediction blocks and thereconstructed samples of the current video block are generated based onthe final prediction block.

11. The method of clause 1, wherein the motion information refinementprocess is performed based on the prediction block in the first domain,and wherein, after performing of the motion information refinementprocess, a coding mode in which the current video block is constructedbased on a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue isscaled in a luma-dependent manner is disabled for the at least secondprediction blocks.

12. A method for video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a current video block of a video and a coded representation ofthe video, wherein, during the conversion, the current video block isconstructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, wherein a coding tool isapplied during the conversion using parameters that are derived at leastbased on first set of samples in a video region of the video and secondset of samples in a reference picture of the current video block, andwherein a domain for the first samples and a domain for the secondsamples are aligned.

13. The method of clause 12, wherein the coding tool includes a localillumination compensation (LIC) model that uses a linear model ofillumination changes in the current video block during the conversion,and the LIC model is applied based on the parameters.

14. The method of clause 12, wherein the video region includes a currenttile, a tile group, or a picture.

15. The method of clause 13, wherein the LIC model is applied to aprediction block in the second domain and wherein the first set ofsamples and the second set of samples are in the second domain.

16. The method of clause 13, wherein a reference block is converted tothe second domain and the LIC model is applied to a prediction block inthe second domain.

17. The method of clause 15, wherein the first set of samples and thesecond set of samples are converted to the second domain before beingused to derive the parameters.

18. The method of clause 17, wherein the second set of samples includesreference samples in reference pictures and neighboring and/ornon-adjacent samples of the reference samples.

19. The method of clause 13, wherein the LIC model is applied to aprediction block in the first domain and wherein the first set ofsamples and the second set of samples are in the first domain.

20. The method of clause 13, wherein a reference block is maintained inthe first domain, and the LIC model is applied to a prediction block inthe first domain.

21. The method of clause 19, wherein the first set of samples areconverted to the first domain before being used to derive theparameters.

22. The method of clause 21, wherein the first set of samples includesspatially neighboring and/or non-adjacent samples of current videoblock.

23. The method of clause 12, wherein a domain used to derive theparameters is used to apply the parameters to a prediction block.

24. The method of clause 13, wherein the LIC model is applied to aprediction block in the second domain.

25. The method of clause 20 or 21, wherein after the LIC model isapplied to the prediction block in the first domain, a final predictionblock that is dependent on the prediction block is converted to thesecond domain.

26. The method of any of clauses 1-25, wherein the first domain is anoriginal domain and the second domain is a reshaped domain using a lumamapping with chroma scaling (LMCS) method which maps luma samples toparticular values.

27. The method of clause 26, wherein the LMCS uses piecewise linearmodel to map the luma samples to the particular values.

28. The method of any of clauses 1-27, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the coded representation from the currentblock.

29. The method of any of clauses 1-27, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the current block from the codedrepresentation.

30. An apparatus in a video system comprising a processor and anon-transitory memory with instructions thereon, wherein theinstructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor toimplement the method in any one of clauses 1 to 29.

31. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computerreadable media, the computer program product including program code forcarrying out the method in any one of clauses 1 to 29.

The second set of clauses describe certain features and aspects of thedisclosed techniques listed in the previous section, including, forexample, Examples 3-5, 8, and 15.

1. A method for video processing, comprising: determining, for a currentvideo block of a current video region of a video, a parameter for acoding mode of the current video block based on one or more parametersfor a coding mode of a previous video region; and performing a codingfor the current video block to generate a coded representation of thevideo based on the determining, wherein the parameter for the codingmode is included in a parameter set in the coded representation of thevideo, wherein performing of the coding comprises transforming arepresentation of the current video block in a first domain to arepresentation of the current video block in a second domain, andwherein, during the performing of the coding using the coding mode, thecurrent video block is constructed based on the first domain and thesecond domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner.

2. A method for video processing comprising: receiving a codedrepresentation of a video including a parameter set including parameterinformation for a coding mode; and performing a decoding of the codedrepresentation by using the parameter information to generate a currentvideo block of a current video region of the video from the codedrepresentation, wherein the parameter information for the coding mode isbased on one or more parameters for the coding mode of a previous videoregion, and wherein, in the coding mode, the current video block isconstructed based on the first domain and the second domain and/orchroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

3. The method of clause 1 or 2, wherein the parameter set is differentfrom a tile group header.

4. The method of clause 1 or 2, wherein the parameter set is anadaptation parameter set (APS).

5. The method of clause 1 or 2, wherein the current video regioncomprises one tile of a video picture of the video or a video picture ofthe video.

6. The method of clause 1 or 2, wherein the previous video regioncomprises one or more tiles of the picture.

7. The method of clause 1 or 2, wherein the previous video regioncomprises one or more video pictures of the video.

8. A method for video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a current video block of a video and a coded representation ofthe video, wherein the conversion includes applying a filteringoperation to a prediction block in a first domain or in a second domaindifferent from the first domain.

9. The method of clause 8, wherein the filtering operation is performedon the prediction block in the first domain to generate a filteredprediction signal, a coding mode is applied to the filtered predictionsignal to generate a reshaped prediction signal which is in the seconddomain, and the current video block is constructed using the reshapedprediction signal.

10. The method of clause 8, wherein a coding mode is applied to theprediction block prior to the applying of the filtering operation togenerate a reshaped prediction signal which is in the second domain, andthe filtering operation is performed using the reshaped predictionsignal to generate a filtered prediction signal, and the current videoblock is constructed using the filtered prediction signal.

11. The method of clause 9 or 10, wherein, in the coding mode, thecurrent video block is constructed based on the first domain and thesecond domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner.

12. The method of any of clauses 8-11, wherein the filtering operationcomprises a diffusion filter.

13. The method of any of clauses 8-11, wherein parameters associatedwith the filtering operation are dependent on whether the filteringoperation is applied to a block in the first domain or the seconddomain.

14. The method of clause 8, wherein the conversion further includes:applying, before the applying of the filtering operation, a motioncompensation prediction to the current video block to obtain aprediction signal; applying, after the applying of the filteringoperation, a coding mode to a filtered prediction signal to generate areshaped prediction signal, the filtered prediction signal generated byapplying the filtering operation to the prediction signal; andconstructing the current video block using the reshaped predictionsignal.

15. The method of clause 8, wherein the conversion further includesapplying, before the applying of the filtering operation, a motioncompensation prediction to the current video block to obtain aprediction signal; applying a coding mode to the prediction signal togenerate a reshaped prediction signal; and constructing, after theapplying of the filtering operation, the current video block using afiltered reshaped prediction signal, wherein the filtered reshapedprediction signal generated by applying the filtering operation to thereshaped prediction signal.

16. A method for video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a current video block of a video and a coded representation ofthe video, wherein, during the conversion, a final reconstruction blockis determined for the current video block, and wherein the temporaryreconstruction block is generated using a prediction method andrepresented in the second domain.

17. The method of clause 16, wherein the conversion further includes:applying a motion compensation prediction to the current video block toobtain a prediction signal; applying a forward reshaping to theprediction signal to generate a reshaped prediction signal that is usedto generate the temporary reconstruction block; and applying an inversereshaping to the temporary reconstruction block to obtain an inversereconstruction block, and wherein the filtering is applied to theinverse reconstruction block to generate a final reconstruction block.

18. The method of clause 16, wherein the conversion further includes:applying a motion compensation prediction to the current video block toobtain a prediction signal; applying a forward reshaping to theprediction signal to generate a reshaped prediction signal that is usedto generate the temporary reconstruction block; applying an inversereshaping to a filtered reconstruction block to obtain a finalreconstruction block, and wherein the filtered reconstruction block isgenerated by applying the filtering to the temporary reconstructionblock.

19. The method of any of clauses 16 to 18, wherein the conversionfurther includes applying a luma dependent chroma residual scaling(LMCS) process which maps luma samples to particular values.

20. The method of clause 16, wherein the filter is applied to thetemporary reconstruction block in the first domain, the temporaryreconstruction block in the second domain is firstly converted to thefirst domain using an inverse reshaping process prior to the applicationof the filter, and the final reconstruction block is dependent on thefiltered temporary reconstruction block.

21. The method of clause 16, wherein the filter is directly applied tothe temporary reconstruction block in the second domain, and afterwards,an inverse reshaping operation is applied to generate the finalreconstruction block.

22. The method of clause 16, wherein the filter comprises a bilateralfilter (BF) or a Hadamard transform domain filter (HF).

23. The method of clause 16, wherein the filter comprises a deblockingfilter (DBF) process, a sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering process,or an adaptive loop filter (ALF) filtering process.

24. The method of any one of clauses 1-23, wherein filter parametersused for the filtering operation or the filter depend on whether acoding mode is enabled or not for the current video block, wherein, inthe coding mode, the current video block is constructed based on a firstdomain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in aluma-dependent manner.

25. The method of any of clauses 1-25, wherein the first domain is anoriginal domain and the second domain is a reshaped domain using a lumamapping with chroma scaling (LMCS) method which maps luma samples toparticular values.

26. The method of clause 25, wherein the LMCS uses piecewise linearmodel to map the luma samples to the particular values.

27. The method of any of clauses 8-26, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the coded representation from the currentblock.

28. The method of any of clauses 8-26, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the current block from the codedrepresentation.

29. An apparatus in a video system comprising a processor and anon-transitory memory with instructions thereon, wherein theinstructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor toimplement the method in any one of clauses 1 to 28.

30. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computerreadable media, the computer program product including program code forcarrying out the method in any one of clauses 1 to 28.

The third set of clauses describe certain features and aspects of thedisclosed techniques listed in the previous section, including, forexample, Example 6.

1. A video processing method, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a current video block of a video region of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, wherein the conversion uses a coding modein which the current video block is constructed based on a first domainand a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner, and wherein a parameter set in the coded representationcomprises parameter information for the coding mode.

2. The method of clause 1, wherein the parameter set is different from atile group header.

3. The method of clause 2, wherein the parameter set is an adaptationparameter set (APS).

4. The method of clause 3, wherein the APS for coding mode informationis named as luma mapping with chroma scaling (LMCS) APS.

5. The method of clause 3, wherein an identifier for the APS to beutilized for the current video block is contained in the codedrepresentation of the video.

6. The method of clause 5, wherein whether the identifier is present inthe coded representation of the video depends on whether the coding modeis enabled for the video region.

7. The method of clause 3, wherein the parameter set contains anidentifier of the APS.

8. The method of clause 1, wherein a NAL unit type value is assigned forthe parameter set.

9. The method of clause 1, wherein an identifier of the parameter sethas a range between 0 to M, wherein M is 2^(K)−1.

10. The method of clause 1, wherein the parameter set is shared acrosspictures of the video.

11. The method of clause 1, wherein an identifier of the parameter sethas a value that is fixed-length coded.

12. The method of clause 1, wherein an identifier of the parameter setis coded with an exponential-golomb (EG) code, a truncated unary code,or a binarization code.

13. The method of clause 1, wherein, for two sub-regions within a samepicture, the parameter set has identifiers with two different values.

14. The method of clause 3, wherein the parameter set and the APS foradaptive look filter (ALF) information share a same Network AbstractionLayer (NAL) Unit Type (NUT).

15. The method of clause 1, wherein the parameter information is carriedwith a current APS for adaptive loop filter (ALF) information.

16. The method of clause 1, wherein the parameter information is carriedin a sequence parameter set (SPS), a video parameter set (VPS), apicture parameter set (PPS), a sequence, a header or a picture header.

17. The method of clause 1, wherein the parameter information includesat least one of an indication of reshaper model information, a usage ofthe coding mode, or chroma residual scaling factors.

18. The method of clause 1, wherein the parameter information issignaled in one level.

19. The method of clause 1, wherein the parameter information includes ausage of the coding mode that is signaled in a second level.

20. The method of clause 18 and 19, wherein the parameter information issignaled in an APS and an usage of the coding mode is signaled in thevideo region-level.

21. The method of clause 1, wherein the parameter information is parsedin one level.

22. The method of clause 1, wherein the parameter information includes ausage of the coding mode that is parsed in a second level.

23. The method of clause 21 or 22, wherein the parameter information isparsed in an APS and a usage of the coding mode is parsed in the videoregion-level.

24. The method of clause 1, wherein a predictive coding is applied tocode the parameter information with different APS indices.

25. The method of any of clauses 1-24, wherein the first domain is anoriginal domain and the second domain is a reshaped domain using a lumamapping with chroma scaling (LMCS) method which maps luma samples toparticular values.

26. The method of clause 25, wherein the LMCS uses piecewise linearmodel to map the luma samples to the particular values.

27. The method of any of clauses 1-26, wherein the video region is apicture or a tile group.

28. The method of any of clauses 1-26, wherein the video region-level isa picture header or a tile group header.

29. The method of any of clauses 1-28, wherein the first domain is anoriginal domain and the second domain is a reshaped domain using a lumamapping with chroma scaling (LMCS) method which maps luma samples toparticular values according reshaping models.

30. The method of clause 29, wherein the LMCS uses piecewise linearmodel to map the luma samples to the particular values.

31. The method of any of clauses 1-30, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the coded representation from the currentblock.

32. The method of any of clauses 1-30, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the current block from the codedrepresentation.

33. An apparatus in a video system comprising a processor and anon-transitory memory with instructions thereon, wherein theinstructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor toimplement the method in any one of clauses 1 to 32.

34. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computerreadable media, the computer program product including program code forcarrying out the method in any one of clauses 1 to 33.

The fourth set of clauses describe certain features and aspects of thedisclosed techniques listed in the previous section, including, forexample, Examples 7 and 9.

1. A method for video processing, comprising performing a conversionbetween a current video block of a video that is a chroma block and acoded representation of the video, wherein, during the conversion, thecurrent video block is constructed based on a first domain and a seconddomain, and wherein the conversion further includes applying a forwardreshaping process and/or an inverse reshaping process to one or morechroma components of the current video block.

2. The method of clause 1, wherein the method further includesrefraining from applying a luma-dependent chroma residue scaling (LCRS)to the one or more chroma components of the current video block.

3. The method of clause 1, wherein at least one of a piece-wise linear(PWL) model, a forward look-up table, or a backward look-up table isutilized for a chroma component.

4. The method of clause 3, wherein the PWL model, the forward look-uptable, and the backward look-up table for the chroma component arederived from a PWL model, a forward look-up table, a backward look-uptable of a corresponding luma component, respectively.

5. The method of clause 3, wherein the PWL model is signaled in asequence parameter set (SPS), a video parameter set (VPS), an adaptationparameter set (APS), a picture parameter set (PPS), a sequence header, apicture header, a tile group header, a tile header, a coding tree unit(CTU) row, a group of CTUs, or regions.

6. The method of clause 3, wherein the forward look-up table and thebackward look-up table are signaled in a sequence parameter set (SPS), avideo parameter set (VPS), an adaptation parameter set (APS), a pictureparameter set (PPS), a sequence header, a picture header, a tile groupheader, a tile header, a coding tree unit (CTU) row, a group of CTUs, orregions.

7. A method for video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a current video chroma block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, wherein the performing of the conversionincludes: determining whether luma-dependent chroma residue scaling(LCRS) is enabled or disabled based on a rule, and reconstructing thecurrent video chroma block based on the determination.

8. The method of clause 7, wherein the rule specifies that the LCRS isdisabled for certain block dimensions, temporal layers, tile grouptypes, picture types, coded modes, certain type of motion information.

9. The method of clause 7, wherein the rule specifies that that the LCRSis disabled to chroma blocks and a forward and/or inverse reshapingprocess is applied to corresponding luma blocks.

10. The method of clause 7, wherein the rule specifies that LCRS isapplied to chroma blocks and a forward and/or inverse reshaping processis not applied to corresponding luma blocks.

11. The method of clause 7, wherein the rule specifies that LCRS isdisabled for the current video chroma block coded using a crosscomponent linear model (CCLM).

12. The method of clause 7, wherein the rule specifies that LCRS isdisabled for the current video chroma block not coded using a crosscomponent linear model (CCLM).

13. The method of clause 7, wherein the rule specifies that disablingthe LCRS is based on a size of a video block exceeding a virtualpipeline data unit (VPDU).

14. The method of clause 13, wherein the LCRS is not allowed in a casethat the video block contains video samples that are less than M*Hsamples.

15. The method of clause 13, wherein the LCRS is not allowed in a casethat a minimum size of a width and/or a height of the video block issmaller than or equal to a certain value.

16. The method of clause 13, wherein the LCRS is not allowed in a casethat a minimum size of a width and/or a height of the video block is notsmaller than a certain value.

17. The method of clause 15 or 16, wherein the certain value is 8.

18. The method of clause 13, wherein the LCRS is not allowed in a casethat a width of the video block is equal to or greater than a firstvalue, and/or that a height of the video block is equal to or greaterthan a second value.

19. The method of clause 13, wherein the LCRS is not allowed in a casethat a width of the video block is equal to or less than a first value,and/or that a height of the video block is equal to or less than asecond value.

20. The method of clause 18 or 19, wherein at least one of the firstvalue or the second value is 8, 64, or 128.

21. The method of any of clauses 13-20, wherein the video block is aluma block or a chroma block.

22. The method of any of clauses 1-21, wherein the first domain is anoriginal domain and the second domain is a reshaped domain using a lumamapping with chroma scaling (LMCS) method which maps luma samples toparticular values according reshaping models.

23. The method of clause 22, wherein the LMCS uses piecewise linearmodel to map the luma samples to the particular values.

24. The method of any of clauses 1-23, wherein the chroma residue isscaled in the luma-dependent manner by performing a luma-dependentchroma residue scaling operation that comprises scaling chroma residualsbefore being used to derive the reconstruction of a video chroma block,and the scaling parameters are derived from luma samples.

25. The method of any of clauses 1-24, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the coded representation from the currentblock.

26. The method of any of clauses 1-24, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the current block from the codedrepresentation.

27. An apparatus in a video system comprising a processor and anon-transitory memory with instructions thereon, wherein theinstructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor toimplement the method in any one of clauses 1 to 26.

28. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computerreadable media, the computer program product including program code forcarrying out the method in any one of clauses 1 to 26.

The fifth set of clauses describe certain features and aspects of thedisclosed techniques listed in the previous section, including, forexample, Examples 10-14, 28, 29, and 40.

1. A method for video processing, comprising: determining, for aconversion between a current video block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, whether to disable using of a coding modebased on one or more coefficient values of the current video block; andperforming the conversion based on the determining, wherein, during theconversion using the coding mode, the current video block is constructedbased on a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue isscaled in a luma-dependent manner.

2. The method of clause 1, wherein the reshaping process comprises:selectively applying at least one of a forward reshaping process tosamples in the first domain that are then converted into samples in thesecond domain; and selectively applying an inverse reshaping process tothe samples in the second domain that are then converted into arepresentation in the first domains.

3. The method of clause 1 or 2, wherein the reshaping process furthercomprises: selectively applying a luma dependent chroma residual scalingprocess.

4. The method of any of clause 1-3, wherein the determining is based onwhether the current video block is coded with all zero coefficients.

5. The method of clause 2, wherein the forward reshaping process isskipped based on whether the current video block is coded with all zerocoefficients.

6. The method of clause 2, wherein the current video block is coded withall zero coefficients, and wherein the inverse reshaping process isskipped.

7. The method of clause 2, wherein the current video block is coded withall zero coefficients, and wherein the luma dependent chroma residualscaling process is skipped.

8. The method of clause 2, wherein the determining is based on whetherthe current video block is coded with only one non-zero coefficientlocated at certain positions.

9. The method of clause 2, wherein the current video block is coded withonly one non-zero coefficient located at certain positions, and at leastone of the forward reshaping process, the inverse reshaping process, orthe luma dependent chroma residual scaling process is skipped.

10. The method of clause 2, wherein the determining is based on whetherthe current video block is coded with M non-zero coefficients.

11. The method of clause 2, wherein the current video block is codedwith M non-zero coefficients, and at least one of the forward reshapingprocess, the inverse reshaping process, or the luma dependent chromaresidual scaling process is skipped.

12. The method of clause 11, wherein M is 1.

13. A method of video processing, comprising: dividing, for a conversionbetween a current video block of a video that exceeds a virtual pipelinedata unit (VPDU) of the video, the current video block into regions; andperforming the conversion by applying a coding mode separately to eachregion, wherein, during the conversion by applying the coding mode, thecurrent video block is constructed based on a first domain and a seconddomain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

14. The method of clause 13, wherein each region corresponds to anindividual coding unit (CU) of the coding mode.

15. The method of clause 13, wherein a width of the current video blockis equal to or greater than a first value, the current video block issplit into sub-blocks having one or more widths that are equal to orsmaller than the first value, and the coding mode is enabled for eachsub-block.

16. The method of clause 13, wherein a height of the current video blockis equal to or greater than a second value, the current video block issplit into sub-blocks having one or more heights that are equal to orsmaller than the second value, and the coding mode is enabled for eachsub-block.

17. The method of clause 13, wherein a size of the current video blockis equal to or greater than a third value, the current video block issplit into sub-blocks having one or more sizes that are equal to orsmaller than the third value, and the coding mode is enabled for eachsub-block.

18. The method of any one of clauses 15-17, wherein the sub-blocks havea same width or a same height.

19. A method for video processing, comprising: determining, for aconversion between a current video block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, whether to disable using of a coding modebased on a size or a color format of the current video block; andperforming the conversion based on the determining, wherein, during theconversion using the coding mode, the current video block is constructedbased on a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue isscaled in a luma-dependent manner.

20. The method of clause 19, wherein the determining determines todisable the coding mode for the current video block that exceeds avirtual pipeline data unit (VPDU).

21. The method of clause 19, wherein the determining determines todisable the coding mode for the current video block having the size thatcontains samples whose number is smaller than M*H.

22. The method of clause 19, wherein the determining determines todisable the coding mode for the current video block in a case that aminimum size of a width and/or a height of the current video block isequal to or less than X that is an integer.

23. The method of clause 19, wherein the determining determines todisable the coding mode for the current video block in a case that aminimum size of a width and/or a height of the current video block isnot smaller than X that is an integer.

24. The method of clause 22 or 23, wherein X is 8.

25. The method of clause 19, wherein the determining determines todisable the coding mode for the current video block in a case that thecurrent video block has a width and/or a height, the width being equalto or greater than a first value and the height being equal to orgreater than a second value.

26. The method of clause 19, wherein the determining determines todisable the coding mode for the current video block in a case that thecurrent video block has a width and/or a height, the width being equalto or smaller than a first value and the height being equal to orsmaller than a second value.

27. The method of clause 25 or 26, wherein at least one of the firstvalue or the second value is 8

28. The method of any of clauses 19 to 27, wherein the disabling of thecoding mode comprises disabling at least one of 1) forward reshaping tocovert samples in the first domain to the second domain; 2) backwardreshaping to covert samples in the second domain to the first domain; 3)luma dependent chroma residual scaling.

29. A method for video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a current video block of a video and a coded representation ofthe video, wherein the conversion uses a coding mode in which thecurrent video block is constructed based on a first domain and a seconddomain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, andwherein at least one syntax element in the coded representation providesan indication of a usage of the coding mode and an indication of areshaper model.

30. The method of clause 29, wherein the indication of the usage of thecoding mode is coded based on the indication of the reshaper model.

31. The method of clause 29, wherein the indication of the reshapermodel is coded based on the indication of the coding mode.

32. The method of clause 29, wherein only one of the syntax elements iscoded.

33. The method of any of clauses 1-32, wherein different clippingmethods are applied to a prediction signal and a reconstruction signal.

34. The method of clause 33, wherein an adaptive clipping that allowsdifferent clipping parameters within the video is applied to theprediction signal.

35. The method of clause 34, wherein a maximum value and a minimum valuefor the adaptive clipping is defined in the second domain.

36. The method of clause 33, wherein a fixed clipping is applied to thereconstruction signal.

37. A method for video processing, comprising: determining that a codingmode is disabled for a conversion between a current video block of avideo and a coded representation of the video; and conditionallyskipping a forward reshaping and/or inverse reshaping based on thedetermining, wherein, in the coding mode, the current video block isconstructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

38. The method of clause 37, wherein at least one of a predictionsignal, a reconstruction signal, or a residual signal is in the firstdomain.

39. The method of clause 37, wherein at least one of a predictionsignal, a reconstruction signal, or a residual signal is in the seconddomain.

40. A method for video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a current video block of a video region of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, wherein the conversion uses a coding modein which the current video block is constructed based on a first domainand a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner, and wherein multiple forward reshaping and/or multiple inversereshaping are applied in the reshaping mode for the video region.

41. The method of clause 40, wherein the video region includes apicture, a tile group, a virtual pipelining data unit (VPDU), a codingtree unit (CTU), a row, or multiple coding units.

42. The method of clause 40 or 41, wherein how to select the multipleforward reshaping and/or the multiple inverse reshaping depends on atleast one of i) a block dimension or a video region dimension, ii) acoded mode of the current video block or of the video region, iii) apicture type of the current video block or of the video region, iv) alow delay check flag of the current video block or of the video region,v) motion information of the current video block or of the video region,vi) reference pictures of the current video block or of the videoregion, or vii) video content of the current video block or of the videoregion.

43. The method of any of clauses 1 to 42, wherein, during theconversion, a sample in the first domain is mapped to a sample in thesecond domain that has a value smaller than that of the sample in thefirst domain.

44. The method of any of clauses 1 to 43, wherein the first domain is anoriginal domain and the second domain is a reshaped domain using a lumamapping with chroma scaling (LMCS) method to map luma samples toparticular values.

45. The method of clause 44, wherein the LMCS uses piecewise linearmodel to map the luma samples to the particular values.

46. The method of any of clauses 1-45, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the coded representation from the currentblock.

47. The method of any of clauses 1-45, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the current block from the codedrepresentation.

48. An apparatus in a video system comprising a processor and anon-transitory memory with instructions thereon, wherein theinstructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor toimplement the method in any one of clauses 1 to 47.

49. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computerreadable media, the computer program product including program code forcarrying out the method in any one of clauses 1 to 47.

The sixth set of clauses describe certain features and aspects of thedisclosed techniques listed in the previous section, including, forexample, Examples 16 and 17.

1. A video processing method, comprising: making a determination that acoding mode is enabled for a conversion between a current video block ofa video and a coded representation of the video; and performing theconversion using a palette mode wherein at least a palette ofrepresentative sample values is used for the current video block, andwherein, in the coding mode, the current video block is constructedbased on samples in a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

2. The method of clause 1, wherein the palette of representative samplevalues comprises at least one of 1) palette predictors, or 2) escapedsamples.

3. The method of clause 1, wherein the representative sample valuesrepresent values in the first domain.

4. The method of clause 1, wherein the representative sample valuesrepresent values in the second domain.

5. The method of clause 1 or 2, wherein palette predictors used in thepalette mode and included in the coded representation are in the firstdomain or in the second domain.

6. The method of clause 1 or 2, wherein escape samples used in thepalette mode and included in the coded representation are in the firstdomain or in the second domain.

7. The method of clause 1 or 2, wherein when palette predictors and/orescape samples used in the palette mode and included in the codedrepresentation are in the second domain, a first reconstruction block inthe second domain is firstly generated and utilized for codingsubsequent blocks.

8. The method of clause 7, wherein when palette predictors and/or escapesamples used in the modified palette mode and included in the codedrepresentation are in the second domain, a final reconstruction block inthe first domain is generated using the first reconstruction block andan inverse reshaping process.

9. The method of clause 8, wherein the inverse reshaping process isinvoked right before the deblocking filter process.

10. The method of any one of clause 1-9, wherein the conversion isperformed based on a color component of the current video block.

11. The method of clause 10, wherein the color component is lumacomponent.

12. A method of video processing, comprising: making a determination,for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, that the current video block is coded in apalette mode in which at least a palette of representative sample valuesis used for coding the current video block; and performing, due to thedetermination, the conversion by disabling a coding mode, wherein, whenthe coding mode is applied to a video block, the video block isconstructed based on chroma residue that is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner.

13. The method of clause 12, wherein when the current video block iscoded in the palette mode, the coding mode is disabled.

14. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a first video block of a video and a coded representation of thevideo, wherein the conversion uses a first coding mode and a palettecoding mode in which at least a palette of representative pixel valuesis used for coding the current video block; and performing a conversionbetween a second video block of the video that is coded without usingthe palette coding mode and a coded representation of the video, whereinthe conversion of the second video block uses the first coding mode,wherein when the first coding mode is applied to a video block, thevideo block is constructed based on a first domain and a second domainand/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and whereinthe first coding mode is applied in different manners to the first videoblock and second video block.

15. The method of clause 14, wherein the first coding mode applied tothe first video block is different from the first coding mode applied tothe second video block due to disabling use of a forward reshaping andan inverse reshaping that is used to convert samples between the firstdomain and the second domain.

16. The method of clause 14, wherein the first coding mode applied tothe first video block is different from that the first coding modeapplied to the second video block due to using a different reshapingand/or a different inverse reshaping function that is used to convertsamples between the first domain and the second domain.

17. The method of any of clauses 1-11 and 14-16, wherein the firstdomain is an original domain and the second domain is a reshaped domainusing a luma mapping with chroma scaling (LMCS) method which maps lumasamples to particular values.

18. The method of clause 17, wherein the LMCS uses piecewise linearmodel to map the luma samples to the particular values.

19. The method of any of clauses 1-18, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the coded representation from the currentblock.

20. The method of any of clauses 1-18, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the current block from the codedrepresentation.

21. An apparatus in a video system comprising a processor and anon-transitory memory with instructions thereon, wherein theinstructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor toimplement the method in any one of clauses 1 to 21.

22. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computerreadable media, the computer program product including program code forcarrying out the method in any one of clauses 1 to 21.

The seventh set of clauses describe certain features and aspects of thedisclosed techniques listed in the previous section, including, forexample, Examples 18 and 19.

1. A video processing method, comprising making a determination that acoding mode is enabled for a conversion between a current video block ofa video and a coded representation of the video; and performing theconversion using an intra block copy mode which generates a predictionblock using at least a block vector pointing to a picture that includesthe current video block, wherein, in the coding mode, the current videoblock is constructed based on samples in a first domain and a seconddomain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

2. The method of clause 1, wherein the prediction block is generated inthe first domain.

3. The method of clause 1, wherein a residual block is represented inthe coded representation in the first domain.

4. The method of clause 1, wherein the prediction block is generated inthe second domain.

5. The method of clause 1, wherein a residual block is represented inthe coded representation in the second domain.

6. The method of clause 4 or 5, wherein a first construction block ofthe current video block is obtained based on a sum of the residual blockand the prediction block in the second domain and the first constructionblock is utilized for the conversions between a subsequent video blockand the coded representation of the video.

7. The method of clause 4 or 5, wherein a final construction block ofthe current video block is obtained based on an inverse reshaping thatis applied to a first construction block to convert the firstconstruction block from the second domain to the first domain.

8. The method of any one of clause 1-7, wherein the conversion isperformed based on a color component of the current video block.

9. The method of clause 8, wherein the color component is lumacomponent.

10. A method for video processing, comprising making a determination,for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, that the current video block is coded in anintra block copy (IBC) mode that generates a prediction block using atleast a block vector pointing to a video frame containing the currentvideo block for coding the current video block, and performing, due tothe determination, the conversion by disabling a coding mode, whereinwhen the coding mode is applied to a video block, the video block isconstructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

11. The method of clause 10, wherein when the current video block iscoded in the IBC mode, the coding mode is disabled.

12. A method for video processing, comprising performing a conversionbetween a first video block of a video and a coded representation of thevideo, wherein the conversion uses an intra block copy mode thatgenerates a prediction block using at least a block vector pointing to avideo frame containing the current video block and a first coding mode,and performing a conversion between a second video block of the videothat is coded without using the intra block copy mode and a codedrepresentation of the video, wherein the conversion of the second videoblock uses the first coding mode, wherein when the first coding mode isapplied to a video block, the video block is constructed based on afirst domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in aluma-dependent manner, and wherein the first coding mode is applied indifferent manners to the first video block and to the second videoblock.

13. The method of clause 12, wherein, the first coding mode applied tothe first video block is different from the first coding mode applied tothe second video block due to disabling use of a forward reshaping andan inverse reshaping that are used to convert samples between the firstdomain and the second domain.

14. The method of clause 12, wherein the first coding mode applied tothe first video block is different from the first coding mode applied tothe second video block due to using a different forward reshaping and/ora different inverse reshaping that is used to convert samples betweenthe first domain and the second domain.

15. The method of any of clauses 1-14, wherein the first domain is anoriginal domain and the second domain is a reshaped domain using a lumamapping with chroma scaling (LMCS) method which maps luma samples toparticular values.

16. The method of clause 15, wherein the LMCS uses piecewise linearmodel to map the luma samples to the particular values.

17. The method of any of clauses 1-16, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the coded representation from the currentblock.

18. The method of any of clauses 1-16, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the current block from the codedrepresentation.

19. An apparatus in a video system comprising a processor and anon-transitory memory with instructions thereon, wherein theinstructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor toimplement the method in any one of clauses 1 to 18.

20. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computerreadable media, the computer program product including program code forcarrying out the method in any one of clauses 1 to 18.

The eighth set of clauses describe certain features and aspects of thedisclosed techniques listed in the previous section, including, forexample, Examples 20-27.

1. A method of video processing, comprising: making a determination thata coding mode is enabled for a conversion between a current video blockof a video and a coded representation of the video; and performing theconversion using a block-based delta pulse code modulation (BDPCM) mode,wherein, in the coding mode, the current video block is constructedbased on samples in a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

2. The method of clause 1, wherein a prediction block of the currentvideo block is generated in the first domain.

3. The method of clause 1, wherein a residual block of the current videoblock is represented in the coded representation in the first domain.

4. The method of clause 1, wherein a prediction block of the currentvideo block is generated in the second domain.

5. The method of clause 1, wherein a residual block of the current videoblock is represented in the coded representation in the second domain.

6. The method of clause 4 or 5, wherein a first construction block ofthe current video block is obtained based on a sum of the residual blockand the prediction block in the second domain and the first constructionblock is utilized for the conversions between a subsequence video blockand the coded representation of the video.

7. The method of clause 4 or 5, wherein a final construction block ofthe current video block is obtained based on an inverse reshaping thatis applied to a first construction block to convert the firstconstruction block from the second domain to the first domain.

8. A method of video processing, comprising: making a determination, fora conversion between a current video block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, that the current video block is coded usinga block-based delta pulse code modulation (BDPCM) mode; and performing,due to the determination, the conversion by disabling a coding mode,wherein when the coding mode is applied to a video block, the videoblock is constructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/orchroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

9. The method of clause 8, wherein when the current video block is codedin the BDPCM mode, the coding mode is disabled.

10. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a first video block of a video and a coded representation of thevideo, wherein the conversion of the first video block uses a firstcoding mode and a block-based delta pulse code modulation (BDPCM) mode;and performing a conversion between a second video block of the videoand a coded presentation of the video, wherein the second video block iscoded without using the BDPCM mode and the conversion of the secondvideo block uses the first coding mode, wherein when the first codingmode is applied to a video block, the video block is constructed basedon a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled ina luma-dependent manner, and wherein the first coding mode is applied indifferent manners to the first video block and the second video block.

11. The method of clause 10, wherein the first coding mode applied tothe first video block is different from the first coding mode applied tothe second video block due to disabling use of a forward reshaping andan inverse reshaping that are used to convert samples between the firstdomain and the second domain.

12. The method of clause 10, wherein the first coding mode applied tothe first video block is different from the first coding mode applied tothe second video block due to using a different forward reshaping and/ora different inverse reshaping that is used to convert samples betweenthe first domain and the second domain.

13. A method of video processing, comprising: making a determinationthat a coding mode is enabled for a conversion between a current videoblock of a video and a coded representation of the video; and performingthe conversion using a transform skip mode in which a transform on aprediction residual is skipped in coding the current video block,wherein, in the coding mode, the current video block is constructedbased on samples in a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

14. The method of clause 13, wherein a prediction block of the currentvideo block is generated in the first domain.

15. The method of clause 13, wherein a residual block of the currentvideo block is represented in the coded representation in the firstdomain.

16. The method of clause 13, wherein a prediction block of the currentvideo block is generated in the second domain.

17. The method of clause 13, wherein a residual block is represented inthe coded representation in the second domain.

18. The method of clause 16 or 17, wherein a first construction block ofthe current video block is obtained by based on a sum of the residualblock and the prediction block in the second domain and the firstconstruction block is utilized for the conversions between a subsequentvideo block and the coded representation of the video.

19. The method of clause 16 or 17, wherein a final construction block ofthe current video block is obtained based on an inverse reshaping thatis applied to a first construction block to convert the firstconstruction block from the second domain to the first domain.

20. A method of video processing, comprising: making a determination,for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, that the current video block is coded in atransform skip mode in which a transform on a prediction residual isskipped in coding the current video block; and performing, due to thedetermination, the conversion by disabling a coding mode, wherein whenthe coding mode is applied to a video block, the video block isconstructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

21. The method of clause 20, wherein when the current video block iscoded in the transform skip mode, the coding mode is disabled.

22. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a first video block of a video and a coded representation of thevideo, wherein the conversion of the first video block uses a firstcoding mode and a transform skip mode in which a transform on aprediction residual is skipped in coding the current video block; andperforming a conversion between a second video block of the video and acoded representation of the video, wherein the second video block iscoded without using the transform skip mode and the conversion of thesecond video block uses the first coding mode, wherein when the firstcoding mode is applied to a video block, the video block is constructedbased on a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue isscaled in a luma-dependent manner, and wherein the first coding mode isapplied in different manners to the first video block and the secondvideo block.

23. The method of clause 22, wherein, the first coding mode applied tothe first video block is different from the first coding mode applied tothe second video block due to disabling use of a forward reshaping andan inverse reshaping that are used to convert samples between the firstdomain and the second domain.

24. The method of clause 22, wherein the first coding mode applied tothe first video block is different from the first coding mode applied tothe second video block due to using a different forward reshaping and/ora different inverse reshaping that is used to convert samples betweenthe first domain and the second domain.

25. A method of video processing, comprising: making a determinationthat a coding mode is enabled for a conversion between a current videoblock of a video and a coded representation of the video; and performingthe conversion using an intra pulse code modulation mode in which thecurrent video block is coded without applying a transform and atransform-domain quantization, wherein, in the coding mode, the currentvideo block is constructed based on samples in a first domain and asecond domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner.

26. The method of clause 25, wherein a prediction block of the currentvideo block is generated in the first domain.

27. The method of clause 25, wherein a residual block of the currentvideo block is represented in the coded representation in the firstdomain.

28. The method of clause 25, wherein a prediction block of the currentvideo block is generated in the second domain.

29. The method of clause 25, wherein a residual block is represented inthe coded representation in the second domain.

30. The method of clause 28 or 29, wherein a first construction block ofthe current video block is obtained based on a sum of the residual blockand the prediction block in the second domain and the first constructionblock is utilized for the conversions between a subsequent video blockand the coded representation of the video.

31. The method of clause 28 or 29, wherein a final construction block ofthe current video block is obtained based on an inverse reshaping thatis applied to a first construction block to convert the firstconstruction block from the second domain to the first domain.

32. A method of video processing, comprising: making a determination,for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, that the current video block is coded in anintra pulse code modulation mode in which the current video block iscoded without applying a transform and a transform-domain quantization;and performing, due to the determination, the conversion by disabling acoding mode, wherein when the coding mode is applied to a video block,the video block is constructed based on a first domain and a seconddomain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

33. The method of clause 32, wherein when the current video block iscoded in the intra pulse code modulation mode, the coding mode isdisabled.

34. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a first video block of a video and a coded representation of thevideo, wherein the conversion of the first video block uses a firstcoding mode and an intra pulse code modulation mode in which the currentvideo block is coded without applying a transform and a transform-domainquantization; and performing a conversion between a second video blockof the video and a coded presentation of the video, wherein the secondvideo block is coded without using the intra pulse code modulation modeand the conversion of the second video block uses the first coding mode,wherein when the first coding mode is applied to a video block, thevideo block is constructed based on a first domain and a second domainand/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and whereinthe first coding mode is applied in different manners to the first videoblock and the second video block.

35. The method of clause 34, wherein, the first coding mode applied tothe first video block is different from the first coding mode applied tothe second video block due to disabling use of a forward reshaping andan inverse reshaping that are used to convert samples between the firstdomain and the second domain.

36. The method of clause 34, wherein the first coding mode applied tothe first video block is different from the first coding mode applied tothe second video block due to using a different forward reshaping and/ora different inverse reshaping that is used to convert samples betweenthe first domain and the second domain.

37. A method of video processing, comprising: making a determinationthat a coding mode is enabled for a conversion between a current videoblock of a video and a coded representation of the video; and performingthe conversion using a modified transquant-bypass mode in which thecurrent video block is losslessly coded without a transform and aquantization, wherein, in the coding mode, the current video block isconstructed based on samples in a first domain and a second domainand/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

38. The method of clause 37, wherein a prediction block of the currentvideo block is generated in the first domain.

39. The method of clause 37, wherein a residual block of the currentvideo block is represented in the coded representation in the firstdomain.

40. The method of clause 37, wherein a prediction block of the currentvideo block is generated in the second domain.

41. The method of clause 37, wherein a residual block is represented inthe coded representation in the second domain.

42. The method of clause 40 or 41, wherein a first construction block ofthe current video block is obtained based on a sum of the residual blockand the prediction block in the second domain and the first constructionblock is utilized for the conversions between a subsequent video blockand the coded representation of the video.

43. The method of clause 40 or 41, wherein a final construction block ofthe current video block is obtained based on an inverse reshaping thatis applied to a first construction block to convert the firstconstruction block from the second domain to the first domain.

44. A method of video processing, comprising: making a determination,for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, that the current video block is coded in atransquant-bypass mode in which the current video block is losslesslycoded without a transform and a quantization; and performing, due to thedetermination, the conversion by disabling a coding mode, wherein whenthe coding mode is applied to a video block, the video block isconstructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chromaresidue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner.

45. The method of clause 44, wherein when the current video block iscoded in the intra pulse code modulation mode, the coding mode isdisabled.

46. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a first video block of a video and a coded representation of thevideo, wherein the conversion of the first video block uses a firstcoding mode and a transquant-bypass mode in which the current videoblock is losslessly coded without a transform and a quantization; andperforming a conversion between a second video block of the video and acoded presentation of the video, wherein the second video block is codedwithout using the transquant-bypass mode and the conversion of thesecond video block uses the first coding mode, wherein when the firstcoding mode is applied to a video block, the video block is constructedbased on a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue isscaled in a luma-dependent manner, and wherein the first coding mode isapplied in different manners to the first video block and the secondvideo block.

47. The method of clause 46, wherein the first coding mode applied tothe first video block is different from the first coding mode applied tothe second video block due to disabling use of a forward reshaping andan inverse reshaping that are used to convert samples between the firstdomain and the second domain.

48. The method of clause 46, wherein the first coding mode applied tothe first video block is different from the first coding mode applied tothe second video block due to using a different forward reshaping and/ora different inverse reshaping that is used to convert samples betweenthe first domain and the second domain.

49. The method of any one of clauses 1 to 48, wherein the conversion isperformed based on a color component of the current video block.

50. The method of clause 49, wherein the color component is lumacomponent.

51. The method of any of clauses 1-50, wherein the first domain is anoriginal domain and the second domain is a reshaped domain using a lumamapping with chroma scaling (LMCS) method which maps luma samples toparticular values.

52. The method of clause 51, wherein the LMCS uses piecewise linearmodel to map the luma samples to the particular values.

53. The method of any of clauses 1 to 52, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the coded representation from the currentblock.

54. The method of any of clauses 1 to 52, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the current block from the codedrepresentation.

55. An apparatus in a video system comprising a processor and anon-transitory memory with instructions thereon, wherein theinstructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor toimplement the method in any one of clauses 1 to 54.

56. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computerreadable media, the computer program product including program code forcarrying out the method in any one of clauses 1 to 54.

The ninth set of clauses describe certain features and aspects of thedisclosed techniques listed in the previous section, including, forexample, Examples 30-34 and 41.

1. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a current video block of a video and a coded representation ofthe video, wherein the conversion uses a coding mode in which thecurrent video block is constructed based on a first domain and a seconddomain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, andwherein information used for the coding mode is signaled in a parameterset that is different from a sequence parameter set (SPS), a videoparameter set (VPS), a picture parameter set (PPS), or an adaptationparameter set (APS) used for carrying adaptive loop filtering (ALF)parameters.

2. The method of clause 1, wherein the parameter set is shared acrosspictures.

3. The method of clause 1, wherein the parameter set includes one ormore syntax elements including at least one of an identifier of theparameter set or a flag indicating a presence of extension data of theparameter set.

4. The method of clause 1, wherein the parameter set is specific for atile group within a picture.

5. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a current video block of a video and a coded representation ofthe video, wherein the conversion uses a coding mode in which thecurrent video block is constructed based on a first domain and a seconddomain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner,wherein information used for the coding mode is signaled in anadaptation parameter set (APS) together with adaptive loop filtering(ALF) information, and wherein the information used for the coding modeand the ALF information are included in one NAL unit.

6. The method of clause 5, wherein an identifier of the APS is signaledin a tile group header.

7. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a current video block of a video region of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, wherein the conversion uses a coding modein which the current video block is constructed based on a first domainand a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner, and wherein information used for the coding mode is signaled ina first type of adaptation parameter set (APS) that is different from asecond type of APS used for signaling adaptive loop filtering (ALF)information.

8. The method of clause 7, wherein an identifier of the second type ofAPS is signaled in the video region level.

9. The method of clause 7, wherein an identifier of the first type ofAPS is signaled in the video region level.

10. The method of clause 7, wherein the first type of APS contained inthe coded representation contains the second type of APS that includesthe ALF information in a conformance bitstream.

11. The method of clause 7, wherein the second type of APS contained inthe coded representation contains the first type of APS that includesthe information used for the coding mode in a conformance bitstream.

12. The method of clause 7, wherein the first type of APS and the secondtype of APS are associated with different identifiers.

13. The method of clause 12, wherein the second type of APS has anidentifier that is equal to 2N, N being an integer.

14. The method of clause 13, wherein the first type of APS has anidentifier that is equal to 2N+1, N being an integer.

15. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a current video block of a video region of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, wherein the conversion uses a coding modein which the current video block is constructed based on a first domainand a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependentmanner, wherein the video region is disallowed to refer to an adaptationparameter set or an parameter set that is signaled before a specifiedtype of data structure used for processing the video, and wherein thespecified type of the data structure is signaled before the videoregion.

16. The method of clause 15, wherein the data structure includes atleast one of a network abstraction layer (NAL) unit, a tile group, asequence parameter set (SPS), a picture parameter set (PPS), an accessunit delimiter NAL (AUD), an end of bitstream NAL (EoB), an end ofsequence NAL (NAL), an instantaneous decoding refresh (IDR) NAL, a cleanrandom access (CRA) NAL, an intra random access point (IRAP) accessunit, an I tile group, a picture, or a slice.

17. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a current video block of a video and a coded representation ofthe video, wherein the conversion uses a coding mode in which thecurrent video block is constructed based on a first domain and a seconddomain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, andwherein a syntax element of a parameter set including parameters usedfor processing the video has predefined values in a conformancebitstream.

18. The method of clause 17, wherein the predefined values are 0 and 1.

19. The method of clause 17, wherein the predefined values are 0 and 7.

20. The method of any of clauses 1 to 19, wherein the video regioncomprises at least one of a tile group, a picture, a slice, or a tile.

21. The method of any of clauses 1 to 20, wherein the first domain is anoriginal domain and the second domain is a reshaped domain using a lumamapping with chroma scaling (LMCS) method which maps luma samples toparticular values.

22. The method of clause 21, wherein the LMCS uses piecewise linearmodel to map the luma samples to the particular values.

23. The method of any of clauses 1 to 22, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the coded representation from the currentblock.

24. The method of any of clauses 1 to 22, wherein the performing of theconversion includes generating the current block from the codedrepresentation.

25. An apparatus in a video system comprising a processor and anon-transitory memory with instructions thereon, wherein theinstructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor toimplement the method in any one of clauses 1 to 24.

26. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computerreadable media, the computer program product including program code forcarrying out the method in any one of clauses 1 to 24.

From the foregoing, it will be appreciated that specific embodiments ofthe presently disclosed disclosure have been described herein forpurposes of illustration, but that various modifications may be madewithout deviating from the scope of the disclosure. Accordingly, thepresently disclosed disclosure is not limited except as by the appendedclaims.

Implementations of the subject matter and the functional operationsdescribed in this disclosure can be implemented in various systems,digital electronic circuitry, or in computer software, firmware, orhardware, including the structures disclosed in this specification andtheir structural equivalents, or in combinations of one or more of them.Implementations of the subject matter described in this specificationcan be implemented as one or more computer program products, i.e., oneor more modules of computer program instructions encoded on a tangibleand non-transitory computer readable medium for execution by, or tocontrol the operation of, data processing apparatus. The computerreadable medium can be a machine-readable storage device, amachine-readable storage substrate, a memory device, a composition ofmatter effecting a machine-readable propagated signal, or a combinationof one or more of them. The term “data processing unit” or “dataprocessing apparatus” encompasses all apparatus, devices, and machinesfor processing data, including by way of example a programmableprocessor, a computer, or multiple processors or computers. Theapparatus can include, in addition to hardware, code that creates anexecution environment for the computer program in question, e.g., codethat constitutes processor firmware, a protocol stack, a databasemanagement system, an operating system, or a combination of one or moreof them.

A computer program (also known as a program, software, softwareapplication, script, or code) can be written in any form of programminglanguage, including compiled or interpreted languages, and it can bedeployed in any form, including as a stand-alone program or as a module,component, subroutine, or other unit suitable for use in a computingenvironment. A computer program does not necessarily correspond to afile in a file system. A program can be stored in a portion of a filethat holds other programs or data (e.g., one or more scripts stored in amarkup language document), in a single file dedicated to the program inquestion, or in multiple coordinated files (e.g., files that store oneor more modules, sub programs, or portions of code). A computer programcan be deployed to be executed on one computer or on multiple computersthat are located at one site or distributed across multiple sites andinterconnected by a communication network.

The processes and logic flows described in this specification can beperformed by one or more programmable processors executing one or morecomputer programs to perform functions by operating on input data andgenerating output. The processes and logic flows can also be performedby, and apparatus can also be implemented as, special purpose logiccircuitry, e.g., a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or anapplication specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

Processors suitable for the execution of a computer program include, byway of example, both general and special purpose microprocessors, andany one or more processors of any kind of digital computer. Generally, aprocessor will receive instructions and data from a read only memory ora random access memory or both. The essential elements of a computer area processor for performing instructions and one or more memory devicesfor storing instructions and data. Generally, a computer will alsoinclude, or be operatively coupled to receive data from or transfer datato, or both, one or more mass storage devices for storing data, e.g.,magnetic, magneto optical disks, or optical disks. However, a computerneed not have such devices. Computer readable media suitable for storingcomputer program instructions and data include all forms of nonvolatilememory, media and memory devices, including by way of examplesemiconductor memory devices, e.g., erasable programmable read-onlymemory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory(EEPROM), and flash memory devices. The processor and the memory can besupplemented by, or incorporated in, special purpose logic circuitry.

It is intended that the specification, together with the drawings, beconsidered exemplary only, where exemplary means an example. As usedherein, the use of “or” is intended to include “and/or”, unless thecontext clearly indicates otherwise.

While this disclosure contains many specifics, these should not beconstrued as limitations on the scope of any disclosure or of what maybe claimed, but rather as descriptions of features that may be specificto particular embodiments of particular disclosures. Certain featuresthat are described in this disclosure in the context of separateembodiments can also be implemented in combination in a singleembodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in thecontext of a single embodiment can also be implemented in multipleembodiments separately or in any suitable subcombination. Moreover,although features may be described above as acting in certaincombinations and even initially claimed as such, one or more featuresfrom a claimed combination can in some cases be excised from thecombination, and the claimed combination may be directed to asubcombination or variation of a subcombination.

Similarly, while operations are depicted in the drawings in a particularorder, this should not be understood as requiring that such operationsbe performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order, orthat all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirableresults. Moreover, the separation of various system components in theembodiments described in this disclosure should not be understood asrequiring such separation in all embodiments.

Only a few implementations and examples are described and otherimplementations, enhancements and variations can be made based on whatis described and illustrated in this disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of processing video data, comprising:performing a conversion between a current video block of a video regionof a video and a bitstream of the video, wherein the conversion uses acoding tool in which the current video block is constructed based on atleast one of: 1) a forward mapping process for a luma component of thecurrent video block, in which samples of the luma component areconverted from an original domain to a reshaped domain, 2) an inversemapping process, which is an inverse operation of the forward mappingprocess to convert the samples of the luma component in the reshapeddomain to the original domain, or 3) a scaling process, in whichresidual samples of a chroma component of the current video block arescaled before being used to reconstruct the chroma component of thecurrent video block, wherein an adaptation parameter set is included inthe bitstream which comprises parameter information for the coding tooland a first identifier of the adaptation parameter set, wherein thefirst identifier of the adaptation parameter set is fixed-length codedand has a range between 0 to M, wherein M is 2^(K)−1, and wherein theparameter information includes at least one of an indication ofinformation of a reshaper model which is used in the forward mappingprocess to map the samples of the luma component into particular valuesor chroma residual scaling factors which are used in the scaling processto derive scaled residual samples of the chroma component.
 2. The methodof claim 1, wherein the adaptation parameter set is allowed to be sharedacross pictures of the video.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein thereshaper model is a piecewise linear model, wherein scale coefficientsof the piecewise linear model are determined based on first variableswhich are determined based on the parameter information included in theadaptation parameter set and a second variable which is determined basedon bit depth, and wherein scaling parameters of the scaling process arederived based on reconstructed luma samples in the reshaped domain of apicture which the current video block belongs to and the chroma residualscaling factors.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the adaptationparameter set for the coding tool and another adaptation parameter setfor adaptive loop filter information share a same network abstractionlayer unit type.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the conversioncomprises: determining, for the luma component of the current videoblock, a first prediction block in the original domain from at least onereference picture using an unrefined motion information; applying, atleast based on the first prediction block, a motion informationrefinement process on the unrefined motion information to obtain amotion offset information; generating a second prediction block fromsamples in the at least one reference picture using the motion offsetinformation; converting, during the forward mapping process, the secondprediction block from the original domain to the reshaped domain inwhich samples of the second prediction block are mapped into theparticular values; generating reconstructed samples of the lumacomponent of the current video block based on the second predictionblock in the reshaped domain; converting, during the inverse mappingprocess, the reconstructed samples of the luma component of the currentvideo block from the reshaped domain into the original domain; andapplying a filtering process on the converted reconstructed samples inthe original domain.
 6. The method of claim 5, wherein by applying thescaling process, the residual samples of the chroma component of thecurrent video block are derived based on reconstructed samples in thereshaped domain of a luma component of a picture which the current videoblock belongs to.
 7. The method of claim 1, wherein whether to apply thescaling process on the residual samples of the chroma component of thecurrent video block is based on a block dimension of the current videoblock.
 8. The method of claim 7, wherein in response to the chromacomponent of the current video block being coded with all zerocoefficients, the scaling process is skipped.
 9. The method of claim 1,wherein the conversion comprises: making a determination that a certainnon-inter coding mode is used for the luma component of the currentvideo block; and performing the conversion by using the certainnon-inter coding mode in the reshaped domain for the luma component togenerate intermediate luma reconstruction samples of the luma component,wherein the inverse mapping process is applied on the intermediate lumareconstruction samples to generate final luma reconstruction samples inthe original domain, and wherein whether to apply the scaling process onthe residual samples of the chroma component of the current video blockis determined.
 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the certain non-intercoding mode comprises a palette mode, an intra block copy mode, or ablock-based delta pulse code modulation mode.
 11. The method of claim 1,wherein the conversion includes encoding the current video block intothe bitstream.
 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the conversionincludes decoding the current video block from the bitstream.
 13. Anapparatus for processing video data comprising a processor and anon-transitory memory with instructions thereon, wherein theinstructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor to:perform a conversion between a current video block of a video region ofa video and a bitstream of the video, wherein the conversion uses acoding tool in which the current video block is constructed based on atleast one of 1) a forward mapping process for a luma component of thecurrent video block, in which samples of the luma component areconverted from an original domain to a reshaped domain, 2) an inversemapping process, which is an inverse operation of the forward mappingprocess to convert the samples of the luma component in the reshapeddomain to the original domain, or 3) a scaling process, in whichresidual samples of a chroma component of the current video block arescaled before being used to reconstruct the chroma component of thecurrent video block, wherein an adaptation parameter set is included inthe bitstream which comprises parameter information for the coding tooland a first identifier of the adaptation parameter set, wherein thefirst identifier of the adaptation parameter set is fixed-length codedand has a range between 0 to M, wherein M is 2^(K)−1, and wherein theparameter information includes at least one of an indication ofinformation of a reshaper model which is used in the forward mappingprocess to map the samples of the luma component into particular valuesor chroma residual scaling factors which are used in the scaling processto derive scaled residual samples of the chroma component.
 14. Theapparatus of claim 13, wherein the adaptation parameter set is allowedto be shared across pictures of the video.
 15. The apparatus of claim13, wherein the reshaper model is a piecewise linear model, whereinscale coefficients of the piecewise linear model are determined based onfirst variables which are determined based on the parameter informationincluded in the adaptation parameter set and a second variable which isdetermined based on bit depth, and wherein scaling parameters of thescaling process are derived based on reconstructed luma samples in thereshaped domain of a picture which the current video block belongs toand the chroma residual scaling factors.
 16. The apparatus of claim 13,wherein the adaptation parameter set for the coding tool and anotheradaptation parameter set for adaptive loop filter information share asame network abstraction layer unit type.
 17. The apparatus of claim 13,wherein the conversion comprises: determining, for the luma component ofthe current video block, a first prediction block in the original domainfrom at least one reference picture using an unrefined motioninformation; applying, at least based on the first prediction block, amotion information refinement process on the unrefined motioninformation to obtain a motion offset information; generating a secondprediction block from samples in the at least one reference pictureusing the motion offset information; converting, during the forwardmapping process, the second prediction block from the original domain tothe reshaped domain in which samples of the second prediction block aremapped into the particular values; generating reconstructed samples ofthe luma component of the current video block based on the secondprediction block in the reshaped domain; converting, during the inversemapping process, the reconstructed samples of the luma component of thecurrent video block from the reshaped domain into the original domain;and applying a filtering process on the converted reconstructed samplesin the original domain.
 18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein byapplying the scaling process, the residual samples of the chromacomponent of the current video block are derived based on reconstructedsamples in the reshaped domain of a luma component of a picture whichthe current video block belongs to.
 19. The apparatus of claim 13,wherein whether to apply the scaling process on the residual samples ofthe chroma component of the current video block is based on a blockdimension of the current video block.
 20. The apparatus of claim 19,wherein in response to the chroma component of the current video blockbeing coded with all zero coefficients, the scaling process is skipped.21. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the conversion comprises: makinga determination that a certain non-inter coding mode is used for theluma component of the current video block; and performing the conversionby using the certain non-inter coding mode in the reshaped domain forthe luma component to generate intermediate luma reconstruction samplesof the luma component, and wherein the inverse mapping process isapplied on the intermediate luma reconstruction samples to generatefinal luma reconstruction samples in the original domain, and whereinwhether to apply the scaling process on the residual samples of thechroma component of the current video block is determined.
 22. Theapparatus of claim 21, wherein the certain non-inter coding modecomprises a palette mode, an intra block copy mode, or a block-baseddelta pulse code modulation mode.
 23. A non-transitory computer-readablestorage medium storing instructions that cause a processor to: perform aconversion between a current video block of a video region of a videoand a bitstream of the video, wherein the conversion uses a coding toolin which the current video block is constructed based on at least oneof 1) a forward mapping process for a luma component of the currentvideo block, in which samples of the luma component are converted froman original domain to a reshaped domain, 2) an inverse mapping process,which is an inverse operation of the forward mapping process to convertthe samples of the luma component in the reshaped domain to the originaldomain, or 3) a scaling process, in which residual samples of a chromacomponent of the current video block are scaled before being used toreconstruct the chroma component of the current video block, wherein anadaptation parameter set is included in the bitstream which comprisesparameter information for the coding tool and a first identifier of theadaptation parameter set, wherein the first identifier of the adaptationparameter set is fixed-length coded and has a range between 0 to M,wherein M is 2^(K)−1, and wherein the parameter information includes atleast one of an indication of information of a reshaper model which isused in the forward mapping process to map the samples of the lumacomponent into particular values or chroma residual scaling factorswhich are used in the scaling process to derive scaled residual samplesof the chroma component.
 24. The non-transitory computer-readablestorage medium of claim 23, wherein the adaptation parameter set isallowed to be shared across pictures of the video, wherein the reshapermodel is a piecewise linear model, wherein scale coefficients of thepiecewise linear model are determined based on first variables which aredetermined based on the parameter information included in the adaptationparameter set and a second variable which is determined based on bitdepth, wherein scaling parameters of the scaling process are derivedbased on reconstructed luma samples in the reshaped domain of a picturewhich the current video block belongs to and the chroma residual scalingfactors, and wherein the adaptation parameter set for the coding tooland another adaptation parameter set for adaptive loop filterinformation share a same network abstraction layer unit type.
 25. Thenon-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein theconversion comprises: determining, for the luma component of the currentvideo block, a first prediction block in the original domain from atleast one reference picture using an unrefined motion information;applying, at least based on the first prediction block, a motioninformation refinement process on the unrefined motion information toobtain a motion offset information; generating a second prediction blockfrom samples in the at least one reference picture using the motionoffset information; converting, during the forward mapping process, thesecond prediction block from the original domain to the reshaped domainin which samples of the second prediction block are mapped into theparticular values; generating reconstructed samples of the lumacomponent of the current video block based on the second predictionblock in the reshaped domain; converting, during the inverse mappingprocess, the reconstructed samples of the luma component of the currentvideo block from the reshaped domain into the original domain; andapplying a filtering process on the converted reconstructed samples inthe original domain, wherein by applying the scaling process, theresidual samples of the chroma component of the current video block arederived based on reconstructed samples in the reshaped domain of a lumacomponent of a picture which the current video block belongs to.
 26. Thenon-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, whereinwhether to apply the scaling process on the residual samples of thechroma component of the current video block is based on a blockdimension of the current video block, and wherein in response to thechroma component of the current video block being coded with all zerocoefficients, the scaling process is skipped.
 27. The non-transitorycomputer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the conversioncomprises: making a determination that a certain non-inter coding modeis used for the luma component of the current video block; andperforming the conversion by using the certain non-inter coding mode inthe reshaped domain for the luma component to generate intermediate lumareconstruction samples of the luma component, wherein the inversemapping process is applied on the intermediate luma reconstructionsamples to generate final luma reconstruction samples in the originaldomain, wherein whether to apply the scaling process on the residualsamples of the chroma component of the current video block isdetermined, and wherein the certain non-inter coding mode comprises apalette mode, an intra block copy mode, or a block-based delta pulsecode modulation mode.
 28. A non-transitory computer-readable recordingmedium storing a bitstream of a video which is generated by a methodperformed by a video processing apparatus, wherein the method comprises:generating the bitstream based on a current video block of a videoregion of the video, wherein during the generating, a coding tool isused, in the coding tool, the current video block is constructed basedon at least one of 1) a forward mapping process for a luma component ofthe current video block, in which samples of the luma component areconverted from an original domain to a reshaped domain, 2) an inversemapping process, which is an inverse operation of the forward mappingprocess to convert the samples of the luma component in the reshapeddomain to the original domain, or 3) a scaling process, in whichresidual samples of a chroma component of the current video block arescaled before being used to reconstruct the chroma component of thecurrent video block, wherein an adaptation parameter set is included inthe bitstream which comprises parameter information for the coding tooland a first identifier of the adaptation parameter set, wherein thefirst identifier of the adaptation parameter set is fixed-length codedand has a range between 0 to M, wherein M is 2^(K)−1, and wherein theparameter information includes at least one of an indication ofinformation of a reshaper model which is used in the forward mappingprocess to map the samples of the luma component into particular valuesor chroma residual scaling factors which are used in the scaling processto derive scaled residual samples of the chroma component.
 29. Thenon-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 28, whereinthe adaptation parameter set is allowed to be shared across pictures ofthe video, wherein the reshaper model is a piecewise linear model,wherein scale coefficients of the piecewise linear model are determinedbased on first variables which are determined based on the parameterinformation included in the adaptation parameter set and a secondvariable which is determined based on bit depth, wherein scalingparameters of the scaling process are derived based on reconstructedluma samples in the reshaped domain of a picture which the current videoblock belongs to and the chroma residual scaling factors, and whereinthe adaptation parameter set for the coding tool and another adaptationparameter set for adaptive loop filter information share a same networkabstraction layer unit type.
 30. The non-transitory computer-readablerecording medium of claim 28, wherein during the generating, the methodcomprises: determining, for the luma component of the current videoblock, a first prediction block in the original domain from at least onereference picture using an unrefined motion information; applying, atleast based on the first prediction block, a motion informationrefinement process on the unrefined motion information to obtain amotion offset information; generating a second prediction block fromsamples in the at least one reference picture using the motion offsetinformation; converting, during the forward mapping process, the secondprediction block from the original domain to the reshaped domain inwhich samples of the second prediction block are mapped into theparticular values; generating reconstructed samples of the lumacomponent of the current video block based on the second predictionblock in the reshaped domain; converting, during the inverse mappingprocess, the reconstructed samples of the luma component of the currentvideo block from the reshaped domain into the original domain; andapplying a filtering process on the converted reconstructed samples inthe original domain, wherein by applying the scaling process, theresidual samples of the chroma component of the current video block arederived based on reconstructed samples in the reshaped domain of a lumacomponent of a picture which the current video block belongs to.
 31. Thenon-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 28, whereinwhether to apply the scaling process on the residual samples of thechroma component of the current video block is based on a blockdimension of the current video block, and wherein in response to thechroma component of the current video block being coded with all zerocoefficients, the scaling process is skipped.
 32. The non-transitorycomputer-readable recording medium of claim 28, wherein during thegenerating, the method comprises: making a determination that a certainnon-inter coding mode is used for the luma component of the currentvideo block; and using the certain non-inter coding mode in the reshapeddomain for the luma component to generate intermediate lumareconstruction samples of the luma component, wherein the inversemapping process is applied on the intermediate luma reconstructionsamples to generate final luma reconstruction samples in the originaldomain, wherein whether to apply the scaling process on the residualsamples of the chroma component of the current video block isdetermined, and wherein the certain non-inter coding mode comprises apalette mode, an intra block copy mode, or a block-based delta pulsecode modulation mode.